HIV/AIDS in the United States
The AIDS epidemic, caused by HIV, found its way to the United States between the 1970s and 1980s, but was first noticed after doctors discovered clusters of Kaposi's sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia in homosexual men in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco in 1981. Treatment of HIV/AIDS is primarily via the use of multiple antiretroviral drugs, and education programs to help people avoid infection.
1993 poster for "America responds to AIDS", a campaign by the Department of Health
St Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center of New York was one of many Catholic health institutions to pioneer medical treatment for people infected with HIV/AIDS.
George Walker Bush is an American politician and businessman who served as the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 46th governor of Texas from 1995 to 2000.
Official portrait, 2003
Bush and former President Gerald Ford in August 1984
Governor Bush (right) with father, former president George H. W. Bush, and wife, Laura, at the dedication of the George H.W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum, 1997
George W. Bush re-election campaign stop in Grand Rapids, Michigan