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National Museum of American History Marks 30th Anniversary of HIV and AIDS
The Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History will mark the 30th anniversary of the emergence of what became known as the HIV and AIDS epidemic with a three-part display and website.
“HIV and AIDS Thirty Years Ago” will look at the public health, scientific and political responses in the early phase (1981-87) of the global pandemic. The display will feature photographs, magazine covers and other graphics plus equipment that Dr. Jay Levy used to isolate the virus in his lab at the University of California, San Francisco. The early years of the HIV and AIDS epidemic was a time in our history that affected all Americans,” said Brent D. Glass, the director of the museum. “This display will help visitors understand the scientific mystery, the public health crisis and the political debates created by the epidemic and why these events gripped America 30 years ago.”
Remembering how HIV/AIDS started is more important now since the epidemic seems have taken a back seat in the media and our society. You don’t hear a lot about HIV today but the disease didn’t go away, in fact its growing again.
Tom Thayer
source: http://americanhistory.si.edu/news/pressrelease.cfm?key=29&newskey=1343
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