In 1981, a new fatal, infectious disease was diagnosed--AIDS (Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome). It began in major cities, such as New York, Los Angeles, Miami, and San Francisco. People, mostly homosexual men and intravenous drug users, were dying from very rare lung infections or from a cancer known as Kaposi’s sarcoma. They have not seen people getting these diseases in numerous years. Soon, it also affected hemophiliacs, blood recipients, prostitutes and their customers, and babies born …showed first 75 words of 749 total…

…showed last 75 words of 749 total…and sometimes more. The search for a successful vaccine was, and still is today, pursued in laboratories all around the world. The federal government has already committed more than two billion dollars to research. Meanwhile, the disease continues to spread to different parts of the world. In the United States alone, there are more than 65,000 new cases being reported each year. Since its discovery, AIDS has become one of the world’s major health problems.