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Italian novelist. One of the first famous people to die of AIDS in Italy. [428] Colin M Turnbull (1924–1994) British American anthropologist [429] Yvonne Vera (1964–2005) Zimbabwean author [430] Matthew Ward (1951–1990) American English/French translator noted for his 1989 rendition of Albert Camus' The Stranger. [431] Edmund White (born ...
LeRoy's life and death with AIDS is a commentary on how complex HIV/AIDS in black face really is." [ 5 ] October 15, nearly a week after his death, Whitfield (posthumously) and his co-writer Kai Wright received a First Place "2005 Salute To Excellence Award" from the National Association of Black Journalists for their "AIDS Goes Gray" story in ...
Although they only account for 12% of the population, Black Americans make up 39% of new HIV diagnoses, 40% of people living with HIV, and 43% of HIV-related deaths.
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.
Despite these medical advances and the defrayed costs, Black residents represented a disproportionately high number of Sacramento County’s newly diagnosed HIV cases — nearly 25% for the 10 ...
To help shine a light and create change, 25 years ago, Feb. 7 was designated as National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day, ... and cases and deaths for people with AIDS increased rapidly. In the 1990s ...
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]
Hydeia Broadbent, a prominent HIV/AIDS activist who gained media attention for being a part of America’s “first generation of children born HIV positive” in the late 1980s, died Tuesday.