today in black history

April 26, 2024

South Africa held its first all-race election in 1996, with almost 23 million voters casting ballots over four days.

HIV/AIDS Today, Issue 1

POSTED: November 30, -0001

On June 5, 1981, the first cases of AIDS were reported by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. By 1985, at least one AIDS case had been reported from each region of the world, and by 2007, over 58 million people worldwide had been infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS. This fact sheet provides an overview of the global epidemic today.