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AIDS: HIV virus identified
In the early 1980s doctors began noticing rare cancers and infections striking otherwise healthy young gay men. Something was destroying their immune systems — something fatal and possibly contagious. At first it was called the 'gay plague.' Then others began dying: Haitians, intravenous drug users, hemophiliacs and heterosexuals. Fear, confusion and prejudice reigned as the disease eventually known as AIDS grew from a mystery to an epidemic. This topic contains discussion of a sexual nature. The medical information in the clips was believed accurate at the time of broadcast, but may have changed.
Program: The National
Broadcast Date: April 19, 1984
Reporter: Eve Savory
Duration: 1:40
Last updated: November 30, 2012
Page consulted on March 27, 2013
All Clips from this Topic
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Why are so many gay men in urban centres getting a rare cancer that no...
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Links between AIDS and blood transfusions spark cautious move.
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Ottawa protesters ask why agency singles Haitians out for further disc...
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AIDS spreads rapidly across the globe and so do fear and discriminatio...
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In research labs around the world, doctors search for the virus they s...
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Scientists finally discover the cause of AIDS.
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Agency investigates AIDS-related deaths in transfusion recipients.
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Director Arthur Hiller reflects on the life and death of the matinee i...
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From an auditorium in Toronto, AIDS activists, experts and parents arg...
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Insurance companies could require controversial antibody test, possibl...
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June Callwood helps open a place of comfort for those dying of AIDS.
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On Pride Day, a united community celebrates while discussing behaviour...
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Before AIDS, nobody said the word
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Broadcasters put condom ads on the air, and 7-11 and Mac's Milk stores...
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AIDS drug seems to slow growth of HIV.
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Quirks & Quarks presents a hard-hitting look at the fact and fiction o...
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Paul Simmons died of AIDS this week. He left behind a moving documenta...
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Many countries are considering forced tests for potential HIV carriers...
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The Manitoba legislature is the site of secret rendezvous, gay bashing...
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Is AIDS God's punishment for homosexual promiscuity? Rev. Jerry Falwel...