May 19th, 1983. Geraldo Rivera reporting for ABC news on the AIDs menace which has been taking lives in America since 1979. We learn about the reality of this uncurable disease from many of the people suffering.
The segment continues into a history of AIDs, or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, from a time when some believed it could be spread by casual contact.
Today, AIDs is known to be caused by the HIV virus. Treatments remain limited.
This day, Geraldo’s news history.