/health-and-wellness/b/weblog/posts/aids-and-hiv-prevention-and-the-search-for-a-cureDuring the 1980s, AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) became an unwelcome part of our reality. The disease launched a global health epidemic when it was identified in 1981. Since then, AIDS has claimed more than 700,000 lives in the United Staten-USTelligent Community 12