B.A.R. Talks 3: AIDS/HIV in Print, the third of the Bay Area Reporter s monthly 50th anniversary online panels, will feature Liz Highleyman, Tom Burtch and Guy Clark, who will discuss the paper s decades of coverage of the AIDS pandemic, and their own experiences, online July 1.
Veteran HIV reporter Liz Highleyman shares her perspectives on covering the news aspect of HIV/AIDS.
Tom Burtch, the creator of The Obituary Project, shares how his personal archival search for members of the San Francisco Gay Men s Chorus lost to AIDS became a much larger project.
Guy Clark, a longtime gay resident of San Francisco who s also a popular florist featured in David Weissman s acclaimed documentary
B.A.R. Talks 3: AIDS/HIV in Print, the third of the Bay Area Reporter s monthly 50th anniversary online panels, will feature Liz Highleyman, Tom Burtch and Guy Clark, who will discuss the paper s decades of coverage of the AIDS pandemic, and their own experiences, online July 1.
Veteran HIV reporter Liz Highleyman shares her perspectives on covering the news aspect of HIV/AIDS.
Tom Burtch, the creator of The Obituary Project, shares how his personal archival search for members of the San Francisco Gay Men s Chorus lost to AIDS became a much larger project.
Guy Clark, a longtime gay resident of San Francisco who s also a popular florist featured in David Weissman s acclaimed documentary
Now that in-person events are quickly becoming the norm, our ever-evolving listings will mutate. We re focusing on in-place events for now. Happy Pride etc.!
Now that in-person events are quickly becoming the norm, our ever-evolving listings will mutate. We re focusing on in-place events for now. Happy Pride etc.!
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Donald Abrams, MD, Constance Wofsy, MD, and Paul Volberding, MD. Source: UCSF Library Special Collections Ward 84-86 Records Courtesy of UCSF
HIV at 40: Amazing Advances but Challenges Remain
Pioneering HIV doctor Paul Volberding and veteran activist Gregg Gonsalves reflect on the legacy of AIDS and its implications for COVID-19. Advertisement
On June 5, 1981, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Report (MMWR) published the first report of AIDS, describing five cases of unusual Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) among previously healthy young gay men in Los Angeles.
On July 1, his first day on the job, Paul Volberding, MD, then age 31, saw the first Kaposi sarcoma (KS) patient admitted to San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH). Two days later, a second MMWR report described 10 more cases of PCP among gay men in Los Angeles and San Francisco, as wel