As the world is consumed by the health and economic effects tied to the coronavirus pandemic, Monday is a reminder of another disease that’s still plaguing the planet.
Another World AIDS Vaccine Day has arrived, a day created in 1998 by then-President Bill Clinton to help spread awareness and promote research for a cure.
AIDS and HIV, a virus that can lead to the development of AIDS, became a major global concern in the ’80s and ’90s, with the first known reports of the disease in the United States dating to 1981.
In 1995, the AIDS epidemic peaked in the U.S., with a reported 50,000 deaths that year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.