AIDS, stigma, and finding a cure
One of the first things Amy Brooks told me when I interviewed her about this project is that she was concerned that AIDS was becoming “just another chronic disease.” Part of the reason HIV and AIDS tend to be forgotten in the public health landscape is that they are, to an extent, manageable, just like [...]
Some thumbnail calculations about HIV/AIDS
Total number of Americans with HIV/AIDS: 1 million
Annual cost of treatment: $30 billion
Number of new cases per year: 50,000
Lifetime treatment costs for new cases added each year: $25 billion
Annual dollars lost in productivity due to HIV/AIDS: $21 billion
Annual government expenditures on HIV/AIDS prevention in US: $600 million
What will it take to change the public’s view of HIV and AIDS?
Last November, the National Football League devoted the entire month to breast cancer awareness. Players like Reggie Bush wore pink gloves, armbands, even shoes, to promote efforts to fight the disease.
There were some heartwarming moments. Players brought their mothers, grandmothers, and other women who’d battled breast cancer to the games, all of them wearing [...]
Live blogging my HIV test
Don’t get me wrong: I’m quite certain I don’t have HIV. But I’ve never been tested. I can remember a time in the 1980s when I thought it could be possible. But now Greta and I have been married for over 20 years. She was tested routinely during both of her pregnancies and came out [...]
About
The Daily Monthly is Dave Munger's multi-layered exploration of ideas and issues affecting all of us today.
One post per day, one topic per month
Subscribe (RSS)
