THE AIDS Crisis: The first cases of AIDS in the U.S. made headlines four decades ago. The fight against the disease provided lessons for combating future outbreaks like that of Covid-19.

Thanks to activists like Staley and to major advancements in H.I.V./AIDS treatment and prevention, the U.S. made great strides in combating the illness. AIDS and H.I.V. would go on to wreak havoc -- killing more than 270,000 people in the U.S. by 1988 and becoming, by 1992, the leading cause of death among Americans ages 25 to 44, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (C.D.C.). THE AIDS Crisis: The first cases of AIDS in the U.S. made headlines four decades ago. [Extracted from the article]

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