U.S. May Change Blood Donor Policy for Gay & Bi-Sexual Men
On World AIDS Day, we're looking back at a policy that has barred men who have sex with men anytime from giving blood.In 1983, months after researchers discovered the frightening AIDS virus, health...
View ArticleThe Reporter Who Transformed the AIDS Crisis
Click on the audio player above to hear this interview.Today marks World AIDS Day—about 34 million people globally now live with the HIV virus. Over the years, research, scientific advances, and legal...
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World AIDS Day: Finding Hope in the Figures
Today is World AIDS Day... and here in the city, that means the annual reading of the names of those lost to the disease.The 24-hour vigil is taking place at City Hall Park.The 24-hour vigil in City...
View Article'Dead' Celebrities in New York Pull for Children's Lives
If Twitter had one of those churchy, black-lettered signs in front of it, it might read: “Narcissism: Over 65 Million Served Daily.” Like reality television before it, Twitter is the thing that people...
View ArticleTackling NYC School Segregation; World AIDS Day; Democracy Debrief: Voting...
Juan Manuel Benítez is filling in for Brian today. You'll hear:Brigid Bergin, WNYC city hall and politics reporter, and Grace Rauh, NY1 political reporter, talk about city news, including Mayor de...
View ArticleOn World AIDS Day, Growing Concerns About Incoming Administration
Across the street from the site of a former Greenwich Village hospital that treated many of New York City's earliest AIDS victims, a new memorial is being dedicated Thursday to mark World AIDS Day. But...
View ArticleOn World AIDS Day, Progress in Pediatric HIV
Click on the 'Listen' button above to hear this segment.Today is World AIDS Day — it's been 35 years since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued their first report on what would later...
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New York City Dedicates a New AIDS Memorial
Philip Monaghan lives a block away from the new AIDS Memorial at St. Vincent's Triangle in Greenwich Village. He remembers what it was like during the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, with St. Vincent's...
View ArticleBrian Lehrer Weekend: New York City Remembers the AIDS Epidemic, Tom Friedman...
Here are a few of our favorite segments from the week, in case you missed them.NYC Remembers the AIDS Epidemic (First) | Tom Friedman on Trump's Climate Change Policy (Starts 21:23)If you don't...
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Despite advances, lingering challenges in the global fight against AIDS
Watch Video | Listen to the AudioJUDY WOODRUFF: But first: Today is World AIDS Day. While the death toll from AIDS has dropped dramatically, the virus still claims over a million people every year, and...
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