Twenty-five years ago today.

Twenty-five years ago today, the first cases of AIDS were reported in a weekly federal health publication, telling of a mysterious pneumonia among five gay men in looks Angeles.

Since then, 403 million populace have been diagnosed with HIV or AIDS worldwide, and 30 million have died.

Today, 11 million Americans are alive with HIV or AIDS and another quarter-million Americans are HIV-positive unless unaware of it.

While there have been important successe against what is considered common of the worst diseases in history, serious challenges remain - in one as well as the other prevention and treatment.

The climbing numbers of cases among women and members of minority assemblages reflect troubling problems that hinder progres against AIDS in the United States, conclud a report released last month by means of Public Health Watch Project, an independent clump that monitors government compliance in health goals. The report is at www.publichealthwatch.info.

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