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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
UPDATED: Five new cases of COVID-19 in Huron Perth; second possible variant of concern identified
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There are five new cases of COVID-19 in Huron Perth. According to HPPH data, all of the new cases are in Stratford.
There are 21 active cases in the region, that’s 4 more than Wednesday, and 1,300 people have recovered.
As we observe the National Day of Remembrance on Thursday, March 11
th the death toll in Huron Perth remains at 50.
Since the pandemic was declared one year ago there have been 1,371 total cases of COVID-19 in Huron Perth.
HPPH reports a second positive case of COVID-19 has a presumptive positive screen for a variant of concern, meaning the person probably has contracted a variant form of the virus. The health unit says genomic sequencing will be done to determine if the person does have a variant of concern and which one it is. That test will take at least two weeks to do.
A Southern California man is raising awareness after his father died from COVID-19 last week. What I wanted to do was make a project that involved the whole community, as many people in the nation as possible, Lutyens said.
The memorial is growing. As the pandemic claims more victims, Lutyens is planning for at least half a million roses in the next few months across the country. This pandemic, this virus, it s like an invisible entity. The idea of making these roses is each one is something you can touch and hold and feel and generate but also when you see all the roses together, you begin to realize the full scale of this thing, Lutyens said.
Kansas City leadership will come together to honor frontline workers and remember those lost to COVID-19 during a National Day of Remembrance on Tuesday, Jan. 19.
The evening will begin at 5:30 p.m. with a press conference where a backdrop of 1,665 white flags will line the National WWI Museum and Memorial’s Main Entrance, representing those lost to COVID-19 in the Kansas City Metro.
The press conference will end with the Kansas City skyline lighting up in amber to mark this day with cities across the nation. The buildings will include various landmarks in the downtown and Crossroads districts, City Hall, KCMO Parks structures and fountains, Union Station and Children’s Mercy Park. The flags will be displayed through Sunday, Jan. 24, and community members are invited to visit the installation.
Human Rights Campaign President Alphonso David Reacts to the U.S. Surpassing 300,000 COVID-19 Deaths
impacted by COVID-19.
The United States reached a grim milestone of surpassing 300,000 deaths caused by COVID-19.
When the pandemic began, it was the responsibility of our elected leaders to take real action to avoid the needless deaths of people in this country. The Trump-Pence administration’s response has been an abject failure. They should have trusted the scientists and developed a plan to do more to ease the suffering of people across the country. Today, we recognize the grim truth that the administration’s botched handling of the pandemic has now led to over 300,000 people losing their lives.