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How to Survive a Plague

Name: How to Survive a Plague
ISBN: 9780307745439

The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS

David France

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · 2017-10-03

How to Survive a Plague: The Story of How Activists and Scientists Tamed AIDS

Health & Fitness Medical civil rights history health

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Good for readers who enjoy Health & Fitness / Diseases / AIDS & HIV
Good for readers interested in civil rights
Strong fit for readers who prefer grounded, real-world context.

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Themes: History, Health, Civil Rights.
Reading lane: Diseases and Infectious Diseases.
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.

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One of Entertainment Weekly 's Top 10 Nonfiction Books of the Decade A definitive history of the successful battle to halt the AIDS epidemic, here is the incredible story of the grassroots activists whose work turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease. Almost universally ignored, these men and women learned to become their own researchers, lobbyists, and drug smugglers, established their own newspapers and research journals, and went on to force reform in the nation’s disease-fighting agencies. From the creator of, and inspired by, the seminal documentary of the same name, How to Survive a Plague is an unparalleled insider’s account of a pivotal moment in the history of American civil rights.