World AIDS Day

We’re recognizing Worlds AIDS day this week. From the origins of the AIDS epidemic, to talking with those who lived through that era, to dismantling the misconceptions that surround the disease, North Gate Radio has you covered. In this episode, reporters Coby McDonald and Brad Bailey will take you back to the origin of AIDS all the way to the current efforts that are being done to combat the disease.

A group advocating AIDS research marches down Fifth Avenue during the 14th annual Lesbian and Gay Pride parade in New York, June 27, 1983. This year’s parade is dedicated to victims of the incurable disease AIDS which primarily afflicts homosexual men. (AP Photo/Mario Suriani)