How to survive a plague : the story of how activists and scientists tamed AIDS
France, David, 1959-2017
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The riveting, powerful and profoundly moving story of the AIDS epidemic and the grass-roots movement of activists, many of them facing their own life-or-death struggles, who grabbed the reins of scientific research to help develop the drugs that turned HIV from a mostly fatal infection to a manageable disease.
France, David, 1959-, authorO'Malley, Rory, narrator
London : Macmillan Digital Audio, 2017.
1 online resource (audio files (24 hr., 29 min.)) : digital, MP3 file
Unabridged.Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 19, 2023).
Read by Rory O'Malley.
Baillie Gifford PrizeGreen Carnation PrizeThe Wellcome Trust Book Prize
9781509887057 (audio download)
362.19697920097471
English
HIV-positive persons -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th centuryAIDS activists -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th centuryAIDS (Disease) -- Research -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th centuryAIDS (Disease) -- Treatment -- New York (State) -- New York -- History -- 20th centuryAudiobooksHealth and WellbeingHistorySocial & cultural historyHistory of ideasIllness & addiction: social aspectsGay & Lesbian studies
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