The discovery of HIV in 1983 and the proof that it was the cause of AIDS in 1984 were the first major scientific breakthroughs that provided a specific target for blood-screening tests and opened the doorway to the development of antiretroviral medications.
Aids & HIVAnthony FauciAn AIDS-free generation would mean that virtually no child is born with HIV; that, as those children grow up, their risk of becoming infected is far lower than it is today; and that those who become infected can access treatment to help prevent them from developing AIDS and from passing the virus on to others.
Aids & HIVAnthony FauciObviously, if we had, right from the very beginning, shut everything down, you could have saved lives. But there was a lot of pushback about shutting things down.
CoronavirusAnthony Fauci, April 2020You don't have to vaccinate every man, woman and child in the country if you have a couple of cases of smallpox cropping up.
Anthony FauciThere has been treatment for hepatitis C, but the treatment has not been overwhelmingly effective, number 1. And number 2, it has had considerable toxicity.
Anthony FauciFor the first time, we have the genetic sequences of all three of the players in the global malaria debacle: the parasite, the anopheles mosquito and the human. It's a very important milestone.
Anthony FauciActivism has been very productive in our society.
Anthony FauciWe can sharply deflect the curve of HIV incidence.
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