In July 1985, more than 4,000 people gathered in their walking shoes at California’s Paramount Studios, bound by a cause that until then had largely existed in the shadows. Their grassroots motivation ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Scott Malia, College of the Holy Cross (THE CONVERSATION) First it was referred to as ...

There was a time in the early days of the epidemic when HIV/AIDS was synonymous with gay. It entered the U.S. through the gay male community and quickly spread, wiping out tens of thousands of young ...

MBABANE, Swaziland -- This tiny kingdom's new anti-AIDS campaign arrived without warning one day in July, featuring a slogan both unusually explicit and dripping with implied accusations: Makhwapheni ...

Caring, generous and a "ball of fire" all describe Lucie C. McKinney, 80, who died Saturday from complications of cancer, according to those who knew the Westport philanthropist, widow of former U.S.

WASHINGTON — As the man in charge of the Bush administration’s $15-billion plan to treat millions of HIV-infected people in underdeveloped nations, Randall Tobias might expect a hero’s welcome at the ...