First it was referred to as a "mysterious illness." Later it was called "gay cancer," "gay plague" and "GRID," an acronym for gay-related immune deficiency. Most egregiously, some called it "4H ...

The problem is particularly acute in the black community, George says, where HIV infection rates in some neighborhoods "can be as high as 6 percent of the population." Refocusing viewers on the ...

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Scott Malia, College of the Holy Cross (THE CONVERSATION) First it was referred to as ...