Anniversary

6-1-2020As we begin the month, the HIV.gov team summarizes the June health observances calendar and points to useful communication resources.

6-6-2019CDC remembers the past, reflects on what still needs to be accomplished in response to HIV, and describes actions to take now.

6-5-2019Today we recognize that, 38 years ago, the CDC published the first report of what would come to be known as the HIV/AIDS epidemic.

6-5-2019Viewed through our updated timeline, June observances remind us of our history — and inform how we can move to end the HIV epidemic.

6-5-2018June 5 is an important anniversary in the history of HIV and AIDS in the United States. On this date in 1981 the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention…

6-5-2017June 5th marks the day when the first report of what would come to be known as AIDS was published in 1981. That is why we chose it as the day to launch HIV.gov…

11-23-2015As some readers of this blog may already know, at the end of next month I will retire from the federal government after 27 years of service. I don’t plan …

2-27-2013 Former U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett KoopThe public health world, especially those of us who work in the HIV/AIDS arena, mourn the passing of former Surgeon …

3-12-2012As the HIV.gov blog has often noted, in 2011 the world observed a profound milestone: the 30-year anniversary of the first reported cases of what came to be kno…

10-13-2011 U.S. Congresswoman Barbara Lee speaks to attendees at the Road to AIDS 2012 San Francisco Town Hall meeting on September 30, 2011.Last month, the first Road to…