How can you tell that a patient has a previously unknown disease?
How do you care for someone with a mysterious illness–and protect yourself as well?
How do you investigate the cause of a new disease, and find ways to treat and prevent it?
In Their Own Words documents how NIH researchers answered such questions when asked to recall the early days of HIV/AIDS. In launching this web site, we commemorate the 20-year struggle to confront the deadly HIV/AIDS pandemic.
NEWS: Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory hosted HIV/AIDS Research: Its History & Future, October 13-16, 2016 History of HIV/AIDS Research
