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Photo: Brant Ward / The Chronicle About 30,000 people make the 6.2 mile hike called AIDS Walk in July 2009 to raise money to support the San Francisco AIDS Foundation and other HIV/AIDS service organizations.
About 30,000 people make the 6.2 mile hike called AIDS Walk in July...
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Photo: ONLINE_CHECK The first story the Chronicle ran, in June 1981, about the disease that would later be called AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
The first story the Chronicle ran, in June 1981, about the disease...
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Photo: Steve Ringman / SFC A sign written on a paper napkin taped to the wall outside of a lab at the Centers for Disease Control and Protection in Atlanta, Ga., in 1984.
A sign written on a paper napkin taped to the wall outside of a lab...
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Photo: Jerry Telfer / The Chronicle The Tubex Injector system, a syringe designed to prevent needle sticks among health care workers at risk of contracting HIV. Photo from San Francisco General Hospital in February 1988.
The Tubex Injector system, a syringe designed to prevent needle...
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Photo: Special To The Chronicle A San Francisco General Hospital AIDS caregiver, Gary Carr, with a patient.
A San Francisco General Hospital AIDS caregiver, Gary Carr, with a...
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Photo: Chris Stewart / The Chronicle ACT UP vigil for AIDS patient Jeff Getty. Getty in 1995 became the first person to receive a bone marrow cell transfusion from one species to another. The transplant took place at San Francisco General Hospital using cells taken from a baboon, with the hope that the primate’s natural AIDS resistance would provide a cure. The procedure was unsuccessful, but led to debate over the ethical and medical implications of cross-species transplants. Getty died Oct. 9, 2006.
ACT UP vigil for AIDS patient Jeff Getty. Getty in 1995 became the...
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Photo: STEVE RINGMAN / SFC Deotis McMather, an AIDS patient at San Francisco General Hospital, in January 1984.
Deotis McMather, an AIDS patient at San Francisco General Hospital,...
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Deotis McMather sleeps in his bed in the San Francisco General Hospital AIDS ward 5B. After being diagnosed with AIDS, he returned to his San Francisco apartment and found all of his belongings were thrown out onto the street.
Deotis McMather sleeps in his bed in the San Francisco General...
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Photo: Steve Ringman / SFC Bruce Schneider being poked with an IV needle at San Francisco General Hospital’s AIDS ward 5B in November 1983.
Bruce Schneider being poked with an IV needle at San Francisco...
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Registered nurse Diane Jones takes Chris Cummings’ pulse in his room in San Francisco General Hospital’s AIDS ward.
Registered nurse Diane Jones takes Chris Cummings’ pulse in his...
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Photo: Brant Ward / San Francisco Chronicle/ File Ph Nurses and health care workers crowd the doorway at a press conference held to announce that an unidentified health care worker at San Francisco General Hospital had been infected with the AIDS virus.
Nurses and health care workers crowd the doorway at a press...
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Photo: Vincent Maggiora / The Chronicle ACT UP demonstrators block traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge as part of an AIDS protest in March 1988.
ACT UP demonstrators block traffic on the Golden Gate Bridge as...
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Photo: Brant Ward / San Francisco Chronicle/ File Ph Marchers make their way down Market Street toward City Hall in May 1988, proclaiming their continued battle against AIDS.
Marchers make their way down Market Street toward City Hall in May...
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Photo: Frederic Larson / San Francisco Chronicle/ File Ph ACT UP protesters conduct a “die-in” at the intersection of Fourth and Market streets in June 1990.
ACT UP protesters conduct a “die-in” at the intersection of...
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Photo: Eric Luse / The Chronicle An AIDS vigil at United Nations Plaza in June 1989.
An AIDS vigil at United Nations Plaza in June 1989.
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Photo: Deanne Fitzmaurice / The Chronicle Jan Beck (in wheelchair) attends an AIDS vigil at United Nations Plaza in November 1986.
Jan Beck (in wheelchair) attends an AIDS vigil at United Nations...
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Photo: Mike Maloney / The Chronicle Federal police call for a lock-cutting tool after a protester chained himself to the door of the Federal Office building in United Nations Plaza, as part of an AIDS vigil in October 1990.
Federal police call for a lock-cutting tool after a protester...
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Photo: Photo By Brant Ward More than a hundred demonstrators create a traffic jam on the Golden Gate Bridge to call for more spending for AIDS.
More than a hundred demonstrators create a traffic jam on the...
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Photo: Chris Stewart / The Chronicle An ACT UP vigil for AIDS patient Jeff Getty.
An ACT UP vigil for AIDS patient Jeff Getty.
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Photo: MICHAEL MACOR / SFC The 15th annual candlelight march/AIDS vigil makes its way down Market Street from the Castro toward United Nations Plaza. Mark Kuebell holds a candle along with photographs of his best friend, his best friend’s lover and his own lover, who all died between 1989-1995.
The 15th annual candlelight march/AIDS vigil makes its way down...
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Photo: BRANT WARD David Smith Fox takes a picture of his partner’s picture and family members in the Circle of Friends area of the San Francisco AIDS Grove in October 1996, following a ceremony to celebrate the local memorial’s national standing.
David Smith Fox takes a picture of his partner’s picture and...
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Photo: LEA SUZUKI / STAFF Thousands join in a candlelight vigil up Market Street culminating in a a ceremony at Civic Center Plaza
Thousands join in a candlelight vigil up Market Street culminating...
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Photo: BRANT WARD Nearly 100 people gather in the Circle of Friends area of the AIDS Memorial Grove to celebrate a national designation in October 1996.
Nearly 100 people gather in the Circle of Friends area of the AIDS...
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Photo: BRANT WARD / BRANT WARD At the VaxGen facility in South San Francisco, workers are busy completing a lab capable of manufacturing a new AIDS vaccine.
At the VaxGen facility in South San Francisco, workers are busy...
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Photo: Brant Ward / The Chronicle A man in a wheelchair sits in the hallway of San Francisco General Hospital’s Ward 86 in May 2011.
A man in a wheelchair sits in the hallway of San Francisco General...
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Photo: Brant Ward / The Chronicle Walkers from the St. Francis Lutheran Church and the San Francisco State geography department hold photos of AIDS victims as they pose for a picture. The 24th annual AIDS Walk attracted thousands to Golden Gate Park in July 2010.
Walkers from the St. Francis Lutheran Church and the San Francisco...
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Photo: Brant Ward / The Chronicle Portions of the AIDS Quilt on display as part of the 24th annual AIDS Walk.
Portions of the AIDS Quilt on display as part of the 24th annual...
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Photo: Michael Macor / San Francisco Chronicle Research scientists Leor Weinberger (left) and Dr. Warner Greene inside the Gladstone Institutes laboratory in San Francisco in August 2013. Weinberger and Greene are working on non-mainstream science to help learn more about how HIV works in the human body and how the virus might be used against itself to prevent infection.
Research scientists Leor Weinberger (left) and Dr. Warner Greene...
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Photo: Lacy Atkins / The Chronicle Dr. Deborah Cohan uses an ultra sound machine so that Caroline, 24, and her boyfriend Deon, 32, can hear their baby’s heart beat in the perinatal unit at San Francisco General Hospital in February 2013. The couple is a part of San Francisco General Hospital’s clinic known as PRO MEN, Positive Reproductive Outcomes for Men, which helps HIV-positive couples have children.
Dr. Deborah Cohan uses an ultra sound machine so that Caroline, 24,...
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Photo: Michael Short / The Chronicle Dr. Charles Herst places blood samples in a centrifuge to separate the white blood cells from the red blood cells at the Immunity Project’s laboratory in Walnut Creek in April 2014. The Immunity Project is a non-profit that is working toward the development of a free HIV vaccine for world-wide use.
Dr. Charles Herst places blood samples in a centrifuge to separate...
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Photo: Michael Short / The Chronicle Dr. Charles Herst holds a micro tube of the Immunity Project’s HIV vaccine at the company’s laboratory in Walnut Creek.
Dr. Charles Herst holds a micro tube of the Immunity Project’s...
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