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2000

• Mkapa: AIDS taking heavy toll on Tanzania's trained work force - May 2, 2000
• Clinton administration declares AIDS a security threat - April 30, 2000
• Best course to stop spread of AIDS in Africa debated - February 17, 2000
• Gore to announce major initiative on AIDS in Africa - January 9, 2000

1999

• U.N.: AIDS orphans portend catastrophic future in Africa - December 6, 1999
• Activists give Clinton administration an ‘F’ for HIV prevention- December 1, 1999
• HIV-positive women in Africa now outnumber infected men - November 23, 1999
• AIDS Explosion - November 5, 1999
• Drug ‘cocktail’ for AIDS being tested in China - October 4, 1999
• Uganda’s successful anti-AIDS program targets youth - September 3, 1999
• African chimpanzees provide clues to AIDS researchers - August 19, 1999
• Vice president announces African AIDS initiative - July 19, 1999
• Africa welcomes news of cheaper drug to prevent newborn HIV transmission - July 14, 1999
• Clinton Not Following Through On AIDS Pledges, Activists Say - July 7, 1999
• In South Africa, doctors, courts fight brutal AIDS ‘cure’ - May 19, 1999
• Cash-strapped S. African government cuts AIDS drug programs - May 6, 1999
• Studies: AIDS patients may be able to cut back some treatment - April 28, 1999
• Life expectancy in Africa cut short by AIDS - March 18, 1999
• Massive trial of AIDS vaccine to begin in Thailand - February 10, 1999
• French former ministers on trial in AIDS-tainted blood case - February 9, 1999
• Chimp research may help AIDS vaccine development - February 2, 1999
• AIDS activist Mary Fisher ends anti-HIV treatments - February 1, 1999
• AIDS virus came from chimps, doctors conclude - January 31, 1999

1998

• Trial begins for man charged with injecting son with AIDS virus - December 2, 1998
• Clinton announces new grants to fight AIDS - December 1, 1998
• U.N.: Number of AIDS cases up by nearly 6 million - November 24, 1998
• Cancer drug may flush out hidden AIDS virus - November 15, 1998
• Massive HIV aid earmarked for minority communities - October 28, 1998
• Clinton expected to announce massive HIV aid for black community - October 28, 1998
• U.N.: Life expectancy in sub-Sahara Africa hit hard by AIDS - October 28, 1998
• South African government urges nation to fight AIDS pandemic - October 9, 1998
• L.A. survey shows many AIDS patients work - September 17, 1998
• World leader in AIDS fight dies in Swissair crash - September 3, 1998
• Clinton Not Following Through On AIDS Pledges, Activists Say - July 3, 1998
• Research suggests AIDS-damaged immune system can repair itself - July 2, 1998
• Highlights from the 12th World AIDS Conference - July 2, 1998
• Human HIV vaccine uncertain after monkey vaccine fails - July 2, 1998
• Conference addresses pressing problems with AIDS treatment - July 1, 1998
• New drug-resistant AIDS strain spreading, doctors warn - June 30, 1998
• Scientists raise possibility of controlling AIDS virus in the body - June 30, 1998
• Slowing AIDS in world’s poorest nations a top priority - June 29, 1998
• AIDS vaccines: immune to quick success - June, 1998
• Elton John pleads for international AIDS education - May 8, 1998
• HIV/AIDS Council Rebukes Clinton Administration - March 17, 1998
• Expert says AIDS vaccine more than decade away - February 1, 1998

1997

• White House AIDS Director Defends Clinton’s Record - December 8, 1997
• Advisory Panel Faults Clinton AIDS Leadership - December 7, 1997
• AIDS affects many Haitian children - December 1, 1997
• U.N.: AIDS epidemic worse than thought - November 26, 1997
• AIDS patients now accepted for organ transplants - November 11, 1997
• Doctors willing to risk AIDS experiment - November 11, 1997
• Nairobi prostitutes may hold key to AIDS vaccine - October 25, 1997
• AIDS vaccine volunteers press their case - September 25, 1997
• New AIDS cases drop for the first time in U.S. - September 18, 1997
• House Returns For Overseas Aid Debate - September 3 1997
• Report: Medicaid soon may cover early AIDS treatments - June 1, 1997
• Clinton’s challenge: Find AIDS vaccine by 2007 - May 18, 1997
• Two AIDS advances - May 8, 1997
• Researchers predict advent of AIDS vaccine - May 6, 1997
• ‘Dangerously flawed’ AIDS research criticized - April 22, 1997
• Clinton Names A New AIDS Czar - April 7, 1997
• Clinton’s Challenge: Find AIDS Vaccine By 2007 - March 19, 1997

1996

• Time names AIDS researcher as Man of the Year - December 22, 1996
• White House unveils AIDS strategy - December 17, 1996
• Not Much New In New AIDS Policy - December 16, 1996
• Drug that caused birth defects may help AIDS patients - November 8, 1996
• Activists, doctors pursue AIDS cure together, for a change - October 25, 1996
• AIDS quilt draws huge crowds to nation’s capital - October 12, 1996
• Could herpes link solve AIDS riddle? - August 12, 1996
• AIDS researchers hold out hope for cure - July 12, 1996
• Activists clash over AIDS research vs. animal rights - June 19, 1996
• Researchers grow altered immune cells that resist or fight AIDS virus - June 1996
• Still incurable after 15 years - June 2, 1996
• FDA approves AIDS drug in record time - March 1, 1996

1995

• White House stepping up AIDS visibility - December 6, 1995
• Rio’s street kids pose AIDS education problem - December 1, 1995
• Panel recommends approval of new AIDS drug - November 8, 1995