Issue No. 23

25 Years of HIV/AIDS—Commemorative Resources

This week marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the first report of what we now know to be AIDS. While a cure for HIV and a vaccine to prevent infection remain elusive, much has been accomplished since AIDS was first described. Join AIDSinfo in taking a moment to reflect on a quarter-century of an epidemic that has changed the way we live, and the way so many have died. Below are resources that mark the 25^th anniversary of HIV and AIDS.

• The original report in the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

• The June 2, 2006 Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, with 25^th anniversary coverage

• National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases press release marking the anniversary

• The National Institutes of Health’s Office of AIDS Research commemorative Web site

• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s commemorative Web site

Mental Health AIDS—Spring 2006 Issue Available

Check out the latest issue of Mental Health AIDS, a quarterly biopsychosocial research update on HIV and mental health. Sponsored by the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS) of the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA, an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services), this issue’s “tool box” covers "The Latest Last Word on HIV Prevention Interventions."