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Kimberly Ann Bergalis (January 19, 1968 – December 8, 1991) was an American woman who was one of six patients purportedly infected with HIV by dentist David J. Acer, who was infected with HIV and died of AIDS on September 3, 1990.
The Berghoff restaurant, at 17 West Adams Street, near the center of the Chicago Loop, was opened in 1898 by Herman Joseph Berghoff and has become a Chicago landmark. [1] In 1999, The Berghoff won a James Beard Foundation Award in the " America's Classics " category, which honors legendary family-owned restaurants across the country.
A bronchoscopy revealed that Gertz had AIDS. [4] [5] Gertz later found out that she had contracted HIV from a 27-year-old man named Cort Brown. He was a bisexual bartender whom Gertz met at Studio 54 when she was 16. They had their first and only sexual encounter in 1982. He died of AIDS in 1988. [3] [5]
American AIDS activist involved in ACT UP and other groups; columnist for POZ Magazine. [70] Alison Gertz (1966–1992) American AIDS activist. She was voted Woman of the Year by Esquire magazine. [71] Elizabeth Glaser (1947–1994) American AIDS activist for pediatric causes, and wife of actor Paul Michael Glaser.
2 million women worldwide became infected with HIV/AIDS. [35] 1.2 million women around the world died from HIV/AIDS. [35] 2008 Native American women became the third most likely to contract HIV/AIDS, following Black and Latina women. [37] Native American women are found to be 2.4 times as likely to contract HIV/AIDS, compared to white women ...
The Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation is a major force in funding the study of pediatric HIV problems and tackling juvenile AIDS, both domestically and globally. Glaser's book In the Absence of Angels (1991), written with journalist Laura Palmer, was described as "a handbook of how the connected make waves in America".
After Eve died at home in 1993, aged 11, her mother, Gloria, received a sympathetic letter from Diana, praising Eve for her "courage and strength". [10] The 1994 TV documentary All About Eve (in reference to the 1950 film), produced by Vincent Burke and directed by Monique Oomen, is a biography of Eve. [11] [12]
Heterosexual male; former runaway who returned to his family after contracting HIV; died of an AIDS-related illness. He was the world's first soap opera character to contract the disease, and also the first to portray an HIV/AIDS character on a major television show outside North America. 1991: Neon Rider: CTV: Walt: Philip Granger