Marking 40 years since the first cases of AIDS reported in U.S.

In 1981, five men from California became the first known patients of an unknown illness, that would later be identified as HIV/AIDS. Four decades later, there’s still no cure or vaccine for the virus that’s killed more than 33-million people world wide. Jennifer Johnson explains how the COVID-19 pandemic has derailed research and treatment.

• Ontario Liberals pledge to fully cover medication to prevent, treat HIV
• Moderna begins trial of HIV vaccine that uses mRNA technology