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Alma mater. University of Florida. Known for. First known case of clinically-transmitted HIV. 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. [ 1]
Palm Springs, California, U.S. Known for. First person cured of HIV/AIDS. Timothy Ray Brown (March 11, 1966 [ 1] – September 29, 2020) was an American considered to be the first person cured of HIV/AIDS. [ 2][ 3] Brown was called "The Berlin Patient" at the 2008 Conference on Retroviruses and Opportunistic Infections, where his cure was first ...
Robert Rayford. Robert Lee Rayford[ 1] (February 3, 1953 – May 15, 1969), [ 2] sometimes identified as Robert R. due to his age, was an American teenager from Missouri who has been suggested to represent the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America. This is based on evidence published in 1988 in which the authors claimed that ...
Types of STIs. Because pornographic film making involves unsimulated sex, often without condoms, pornographic actors are particularly vulnerable to various sexually transmitted infections; especially HPV, Zika fever, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, and HIV/AIDS. [ 1][ 2][ 3] Experts suggest there are a total number of thirty-five infections and ...
As of 2018, about 700,000 people have died of HIV/AIDS in the United States since the beginning of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, and nearly 13,000 people with AIDS in the United States die each year. [7] With improved treatments and better prophylaxis against opportunistic infections, death rates have significantly declined. [8]
Keith Christopher. (1957–1998) American actor and singer who was best known for roles of HIV positive characters in NBC soap opera Another World and CBS daytime drama The Guiding Light . [ 13 ][ 14 ][ 15 ] Brad Davis. (1949–1991) American actor; played the part of Billy Hayes in the film Midnight Express .
Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S. Known for. HIV/AIDS activism. Hydeia Loren Broadbent (June 14, 1984 – February 20, 2024) was an American HIV/AIDS activist who advocated through appearances in national media and as a spokesperson for related foundations. Born with HIV, Broadbent began taking part in trials for treatment of HIV at the age of three. [ 1]
Sitting in the noisy dayroom of Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, Calif., as he speaks over a grainy video call, Scott Peterson looks more like a laidback surfer than a man convicted of the heinous ...