AIDS After 25 Years: Lessons Learned For Other Emerging Infections

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Air date:	Tuesday, October 24, 2006, 7:00:00 PM Time displayed is Eastern Time, Washington DC Local
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Category:	Special
Runtime:	00:59:04
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Description:	NIH Clinical Center's 2006 Medicine for the Public lecture series When AIDS swept the nation 25 years ago, the population panicked. Scientists were pressured to approve drugs quickly. They had to battle public perceptions while trying to follow the painstaking scientific process of gathering data and developing treatments. Dr. Masur will explain how those experiences are shaping how scientists will deal with new emerging infections, such as bird flu, SARS, and West Nile virus. http://clinicalcenter.nih.gov/about/news/mfp.shtml

NLM Title:	AIDS after 25 years : lessons learned for other emerging infections / Henry Masur.
Author:	Masur, Henry. National Institutes of Health (U.S.)
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Abstract:	(CIT): NIH Clinical Center's 2006 Medicine for the Public lecture series When AIDS swept the nation 25 years ago, the population panicked. Scientists were pressured to approve drugs quickly. They had to battle public perceptions while trying to follow the painstaking scientific process of gathering data and developing treatments. Dr. Masur will explain how those experiences are shaping how scientists will deal with new emerging infections, such as bird flu, SARS, and West Nile virus.
Subjects:	Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Communicable Diseases, Emerging HIV Infections
Publication Types:	Lecture Webcast
NLM Classification:	WC 503
NLM ID:	101294885
CIT Live ID:	5416
Permanent link:	https://videocast.nih.gov/watch=5416

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