HIV Vaccines

Second Annual Vaccine Day Honors U.S. Volunteers

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, May 31st, 1999

On May 18, 1999, communities around the U.S. sponsored a variety of activities for the Second Annual AIDS Vaccine Day honoring the thousands of volunteers who have rolled up their sleeves to receive one of 27 different experimental AIDS vaccines.

The activities also are designed to help people understand why a vaccine is the best way to stop the spread of HIV, what it will take to develop an effective vaccine, and how ordinary people in their communities can be part of the international effort to find one.

"All of us are indebted to the individuals on the front lines of the effort to find a safe and effective AIDS vaccine," said Anthony S. Fauci, MD,...

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