This month marks 25 years since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the emergence of AIDS.
Recent research breakthroughs have focused attention on treatments that have dramatically extended the lives of millions of HIV-positive people. But as we look back, we should not forget the critical role that communication programs have played in raising HIV awareness and promoting prevention in the US.
In the 1980s, Americans knew more fiction than fact about AIDS. Health officials were quick ...