The first World AIDS Day was observed on December 1, 1988. George H. W. Bush was newly elected president, and I was a freshman at NYU about to turn 18 years old. The World Health Organization had ...

Communities across the globe commemorated World AIDS Day, reaffirming a commitment to end an epidemic that has killed more than 44 million. But this year, for the first time in decades, the U.S.

World AIDS Day on December 1st honours millions affected by HIV and urges an end to AIDS by 2030. Originating in 1988, the day combats stigma, promotes testing, and advocates for human rights and ...

Every year on December 1, World AIDS Day reminds us that HIV remains a global challenge, and in 2025 the theme is "Overcoming disruption, transforming the AIDS response." Early diagnosis and treatment ...

On World AIDS Day 2025, humanity should be celebrating that there is a new shot available which offers six months of protection against the transmission of HIV, the virus which has already infected ...

An estimated 40.8 million people worldwide are living with HIV, and it killed about 630,000 people last year. Every year since 1988, a global cadre of scientists, doctors, families, and advocates have ...

On December 1 every year, the world stops to take a moment of solidarity, memory and renewed commitment: that is World AIDS Day. In 2025, the stakes feel higher. As the global healthcare budgets are ...

There was a distinct lack of federally coordinated action on AIDS for several key years right at the beginning of the epidemic, when it really mattered. Then-President Ronald Reagan couldn’t even ...

The United States government is instructing its employees to “refrain from messaging” the commemoration of World AIDS Day, according to the New York Times. The outlet viewed an email from the State ...

The US State Department has announced it will no longer commemorate World AIDS Day with public messaging. This ends a decades-long tradition of raising awareness on 1 December. In a new interview with ...