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AIDS stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Triggered by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), it weakens the immune system and can be deadly. According to the WHO, more than 40 million people have died since the HIV virus was discovered on May 20, 1983. More than 38 million people live with HIV/AIDS today. World AIDS Day is December 1.
(Repeats story first published on May 16 for wider distribution. This story is part of a series, "The Bat Lands.") By Ryan McNeill, Deborah J. Nelson, Allison Martell and Michael Ovaska
Forty years ago this week researchers in Paris published the world’s first description of the virus that causes Aids. RFI looks back at a scientific milestone that paved the way for testing – and ultimately…
This story is part of a series, "The Bat Lands. FOMENA, Ghana — They take flight by the thousands, black clouds of fruit bats flapping above the forest as
FEUANG DISTRICT — Deep through the forests of this landlocked Southeast Asian country, China has built a state-of-the-art high-speed railway. The link is…