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Selected article

Current selections: social history of viruses, history of virology, vaccination, prion, immune system, virus classification, bacteriophage, plant virus, infection, reverse transcriptase, interferon, RNA interference, poliomyelitis eradication, virus quantification, Hershey–Chase experiment

Broad articles of general interest.

Oncolytic virus -- viruses used to treat cancer, lead needs editing to integrate new material. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:15, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
Jelly roll fold -- common structural motif in virus capsids. Might be more suitable for Selected image. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:56, 12 October 2016 (UTC)
Viral quasispecies -- article rewritten via PLOS Genetics. Espresso Addict (talk) 14:52, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
Oncovirus -- important concept. Espresso Addict (talk) 10:23, 11 February 2020 (UTC)
Bat virome -- recent GA, long detailed article on interesting topic. Espresso Addict (remote) (talk) 00:01, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
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Selected virus (subviral agent)

Current selections: rotavirus, HIV, canine parvovirus, poliovirus, norovirus, Papillomaviridae, hantavirus, Epstein–Barr virus, West Nile virus, Adenoviridae, tobacco mosaic virus, mimivirus, alphavirus, cauliflower mosaic virus, adeno-associated virus, henipavirus, Sputnik virophage, hepatitis D

Single virus or small group. Must include a usable image of the virus.

Thogotovirus -- tickborne arbovirus; another ssRNA; image poor (self-nom). Espresso Addict (talk) 00:38, 22 January 2016 (UTC)
Murine polyomavirus -- excellent images (one used at DYK); mouse oncovirus; dsDNA; related papillomaviruses. Espresso Addict (talk) 14:32, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
Arenavirus -- usable image; mainly rodents, segmented ssRNA. Lassa fever timely. Espresso Addict (talk) 14:32, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
Bacteriophage T12 -- perhaps the best phage article; interesting in coding S pyogenes toxin; no image in article but could potentially use a generic T-even diagram. Espresso Addict (talk) 14:32, 21 February 2016 (UTC)
African swine fever virus -- moderately developed vet virus. Good images. Espresso Addict (talk) 00:00, 26 April 2019 (UTC)
Coronavirus -- news value, various good images. Espresso Addict (talk) 02:33, 8 February 2020 (UTC)
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Selected disease

Current selections: dengue fever, poliomyelitis, smallpox, influenza, hepatitis B, herpes simplex, common cold, herpes zoster, meningitis, hepatitis C, gastroenteritis, yellow fever, chickenpox, HIV/AIDS, cervical cancer, Ebola virus disease, Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease, measles, foot-and-mouth disease, rabies

A few suggestions include:

Bluetongue disease/ -- important veterinary disease. Pictures poor quality. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:12, 18 February 2015 (UTC)
Molluscum contagiosum -- good images; popular. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:46, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Mumps -- image; popular; vital article. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:46, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Rubella -- image; popular. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:46, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Hepatitis A -- long, cited, disease & virus images; overlap existing hepatitis content. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:46, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Guillain–Barré syndrome -- associated with various viruses; problem with disease image. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:46, 21 January 2016 (UTC)
Croup -- associated with various viruses; acceptable image or could use sound file. Espresso Addict (talk) 20:15, 7 August 2016 (UTC)
Zika fever -- several images, was in the news. Espresso Addict (talk) 13:12, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
Pneumonia -- viruses cause a third of pneumonia cases and are well covered in the article; images available. Espresso Addict (talk) 08:12, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Myxomatosis -- new GA; vet virus. Espresso Addict (talk) 13:39, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
Hepatitis E -- new GA; overlaps existing hepatitis coverage. Espresso Addict (talk) 13:39, 10 January 2020 (UTC)
Rinderpest -- important historical vet virus, eradication interesting. Espresso Addict (talk) 18:55, 19 January 2020 (UTC)
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Selected intervention

Current selections: zidovudine, aciclovir, polio vaccine, MMR vaccine controversy, ribavirin, HPV vaccines, nevirapine, oseltamivir

Individual antiviral drugs & vaccines. Must have an image; preferably not just a chemical line diagram.

Influenza vaccine -- long top-importance article on important vaccine; non-specific vaccination image but Fluzone has usable vial image. Rather US centric and disorganised but the orange tags have now been dealt with. Espresso Addict (talk) 17:36, 18 October 2013
Ebola vaccine -- ZEBOV approved Nov/Dec 2019. Espresso Addict (talk) 06:25, 28 January 2020 (UTC)
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Selected outbreak

Current selections: 1918 flu pandemic, 2009 flu pandemic, West African Ebola virus epidemic, 1993 Four Corners hantavirus outbreak, 1978 smallpox outbreak in the United Kingdom, 2001 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, severe acute respiratory syndrome

Historical outbreaks of viral disease.

1793 Philadelphia yellow fever epidemic/ -- interesting historical outbreak, overlaps yellow fever; images of locations only. Espresso Addict (talk) 19:02, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
2007 Bernard Matthews H5N1 outbreak -- short article on outbreak in birds in UK; overlaps multiple other flu content; map image only. Espresso Addict (talk) 19:02, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
2007 Australian equine influenza outbreak -- long article on outbreak in horses in Australia; overlaps multiple other flu content; map image only. Espresso Addict (talk) 19:02, 25 February 2016 (UTC)
2015–16 Zika virus epidemic -- long article, lots of images, bit disorganised. Espresso Addict (talk) 13:12, 23 May 2018 (UTC)
Kivu Ebola epidemic -- second largest ebola outbreak historically; long article, bit disorganised/out of date; no non-map image. Espresso Addict (remote) (talk) 01:09, 4 November 2020 (UTC)
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Selected biography

Current selections: Edward Jenner, Frank Macfarlane Burnet, Jonas Salk, Rosalind Franklin, Aniru Conteh, Ryan White, list of poliomyelitis survivors, Frederick Sanger, Randy Shilts, Thomas Henry Flewett, George Hirst (virologist), Walter Reed/, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, Peter Piot, Ali Maow Maalin

Virologists and medical researchers who work on viruses preferred. Free images preferred but not essential.

Robert Shope -- American arbovirologist, epidemiologist & public health specialist; free image; self nom. Espresso Addict (talk) 01:17, 6 March 2016 (UTC)
Barbara McClintock -- discovered transposons, no overlap existing bios, free good-quality image. Espresso Addict (talk) 06:22, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Henrietta Lacks -- American women who was source of Hela cell line, died of cervical cancer. No free image. Espresso Addict (talk) 08:56, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Linda Laubenstein -- American AIDS-treating physician associated with Kaposi's; also polio sufferer. No free image. Espresso Addict (talk) 08:56, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Joseph Sonnabend -- South African AIDS-treating physician, controversial views on multifactorial AIDS causation, founding editor of AIDS Research. No free image. Espresso Addict (talk) 08:56, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Eli Todd -- 18th–19th century American physician associated with smallpox inoculation. Free image available. Espresso Addict (talk) 08:56, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu -- 17th–18th century pioneer of smallpox inoculation. Good free image available. Currently used in images. Espresso Addict (talk) 09:13, 4 July 2018 (UTC)
Bette Korber -- living computational biologist who works on HIV; no dob; free image. Espresso Addict (talk) 23:31, 11 May 2019 (UTC)
Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum -- living Congolese microbiologist; discovery and treatment of Ebola; free image. Espresso Addict (talk) 09:47, 9 February 2020 (UTC)
Souleymane Mboup -- living Senegalese microbiologist; discovery of HIV-2; free image; has run at DYK recently. Espresso Addict (remote) (talk) 07:10, 7 November 2020 (UTC)
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Selected picture

Woodcut of rabid dog
Another copy
M13 filamentous phage
Epidermodysplasia verruciformis patient
Measles virus nucleocapsid helix, top view
HIV capsid/p24
HIV envelope glycoprotein
SV40 large T antigen
Fibropapillomatosis in turtles
HPV11 L1 pentamer
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Suggested events for In this month

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Selected quotation

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Did you know...?

Sets of five items with one image, covering a varied set of topics and preferably including at least one item on a virus or viral disease. All have appeared in the main page DYK section.

Autosearch results

This displays up to 50 DYKs from the past 24 months about virus, viral, influenza, measles, polio, E/ebola, Zika, Covid, HIV, AIDS, HPV, smallpox, vaccin, inocul, quarantine, epidem; not all results will be relevant.

... that Rose Betts wrote the song "Driving Myself Home" as a joke after a blind date, only for it to go viral on TikTok?
... that Maximiliano Hernández Martínez believed that hanging colored lights across San Salvador would cure a smallpox epidemic?
... that Janet Panetta started dancing as physical therapy for childhood polio?
... that Vollpension employs grandparents to bake cakes according to their own recipes and, during the COVID-19 pandemic, offered live baking courses from elders around the world?
... that a viral dance in which performers mimic driving a car was performed by #Amishtiktok content creators, who substituted operating a horse and buggy?
... that to avoid COVID-19 rule breaches, officials had to discourage people from posting a leopard seal's location online?
... that the DJ Sammy Virji went viral on TikTok after cueing in a track with a rubber fish?
... that "Ka Esi Le Onye Isi Oche", a 1983 song by Mike Ejeagha, went viral in 2024?
... that a scholar argued that the 2021 German novel About People, which is set during the COVID-19 pandemic in the country, encourages "sympathy with rightwing extremists"?
... that Alexander Langmuir created the Epidemic Intelligence Service to send epidemiologists across the world?
... that a £142 wine fridge was smuggled into Downing Street on 11 December 2020, during the height of the COVID-19 lockdown in the United Kingdom?
... that British physician James A. Glover found that "spacing-out" beds prevented epidemics of meningitis in the military during World War I?
... that Paul Parkman, one of the developers of the rubella vaccine, did not monetize the patent so that the vaccine could be freely available?
... that the United States Department of Defense ran a propaganda campaign against Chinese vaccines during the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that according to one creationist journal, HIV has its origins in the Fall?
... that the North Korean propaganda song "Friendly Father" went viral on TikTok, with some users comparing it to songs by ABBA?
... that Joel Breman, who helped combat the 1976 Ebola virus outbreak in Zaire, was not expected to return alive by the pilots who dropped him there?
... that prior to embarking on a music career during the COVID-19 pandemic, the DJ Sim0ne placed fifth on the eleventh series of Britain's Next Top Model in 2017?
... that Ronald Reagan did not publicly mention AIDS until 1985, after more than 5,000 people in the United States had died from it?
... that The Feast of Bacchus went viral following a football game?
... that a Minneapolis TV station had newscasts that were "about as popular as the measles" with "sickening theme music"?
... that a massive smallpox epidemic struck the Pacific Northwest shortly before historical records were kept?
... that Mildmay Mission Hospital in East London is the only hospital in Europe specialising in the care and rehabilitation of people with HIV-associated neurocognitive disorder?
... that the Love Island series 8 contestant Tasha Ghouri went viral in early 2024 after uploading a video to TikTok using her "deaf accent"?
... that the British rock musician Hannah Grae went viral online with an anti-sexual harassment parody of Aqua's "Barbie Girl"?
... that during the COVID-19 pandemic, some former office workers used myNoise to remind them of their workplace?
... that completion of South Bellevue station was delayed by more than a year due to the COVID-19 pandemic and a workers' strike?
... that a COVID-19 bout forced Beef creator Lee Sung Jin to direct the show's season finale remotely?
... that Holly Ringland wrote her second book while stuck in Australia for three years during the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that Emais Roberts administered the COVID-19 vaccination program in Palau and was one of the first to receive the vaccine in the country?
... that before going viral on TikTok for "Hit or Miss" at age fifteen, Georgia Twinn wanted to become a forensic scientist?
... that a video of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken performing "Hoochie Coochie Man" at the September 2023 launch of the Global Music Diplomacy Initiative went viral?
... that War Against Smallpox describes how Edward Jenner's vaccination technique spread across Europe during the Napoleonic Wars?
... that Hannah Davis authored highly cited articles on long COVID while battling the disease herself?
... that a Twitter account became a major source on what was happening during the 2022 COVID-19 protests in China?
... that 6 percent of the US population had symptoms of long COVID lasting three months or longer in the first half of 2023?
... that the John Snow pub is named for a shy British epidemiologist who did not drink?
... that the founder of Annales des Maladies de la Peau et de la Syphilis claimed to have inoculated himself with syphilis?
... that sugar cubes were used to deliver the polio vaccine?
... that after their 2020 tour was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Spiritbox received $10,000 from Shinedown's Brent Smith, a stranger, to cover losses?
... that Kevin Feige perceived a "direct parallel" between the experiences of real people during the COVID-19 pandemic and those of fictional characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe during the Blip?
... that due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the nightclub scene in Simón used only 30 extras instead of the originally intended 250?
... that Daniela Ceballos worked with the Football Federation of Chile to supervise safety protocols during the COVID-19 pandemic while playing football herself?
... that a verse by Kendrick Lamar for The Melodic Blue was leaked before the album's release and went viral as an Internet meme?
... that Fall Out Boy's updated "We Didn't Start the Fire" mentions Myspace, but not the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that the song "Dance the Night" killed a viral meme about Dua Lipa's hip twist, as news about the song replaced it in online search results?
... that Charli XCX retitled "Unlock It" after it went viral on TikTok?
... that manga aggregation website MangaDex had its users host its content during the COVID-19 pandemic?
... that Linda Yaccarino, Twitter's new chief executive officer, created an advertising campaign for COVID-19 vaccines that featured Pope Francis?
... that an earlier title going viral on TikTok prompted Meghan Trainor to take it back to doo-wop, which made them look again?

Set #37

...that Erica Schwartz (pictured) provided health protection guidance for the US military's response to Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 Haiti earthquake, and the West Africa Ebola outbreak? [2018]
...that more than 3 million people have downloaded the COVID Symptom Study app in the UK and the US? [start; image NOT free]
...that the wild mushroom Lactifluus piperatus, which oozes peppery milk when cut, has been used in the treatment of viral warts?
...that the World Health Organization's Weekly Epidemiological Record reports on neglected tropical diseases?
...that Souleymane Mboup and his team discovered HIV-2 in Senegal in 1985? [C class]

Set #38

The nomination of Amy Coney Barrett for the U.S. Supreme Court

...that a COVID-19 outbreak at the White House (?? pictured) infected at least 35 people, including the President, First Lady, three senators, and a governor? [C class; may need updating; see talk page re scope discussions]
...that Melahat Okuyan, a Turkish female microbiologist and AIDS activist, once proposed the establishment of male brothels for homosexuals and cross-dressers in order to improve public health? [2017]
...that in a 1902 U.S. Supreme Court case, a ship owner alleged that the real purpose of Louisiana's quarantine laws was to keep Italian immigrants out of New Orleans? [long start; relates yellow fever]
...that Alasdair Geddes worked on the WHO's smallpox-eradication programme in Bangladesh five years before diagnosing the world's last fatal case of smallpox in Birmingham, England? [long start]
...that an HPV prevention group focuses on preventing cervical cancer by promoting the sharing of information on cervical screening and HPV vaccination? [start]

Set #39

... (pictured)
...that during the 1967 outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom, around 430,000 animals were slaughtered?
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Unassigned

Virologists, medical researchers, infectious disease specialists &c

Other

none

Coronavirus related

...that former GlaxoSmithKline executive Moncef Slaoui is chief adviser to Operation Warp Speed, which aims to deliver 300 million doses of a vaccine for COVID-19 by January 2021? [C class]
...that as an advisor to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Paul Alexander tried unsuccessfully to tell Dr. Anthony Fauci what he could and could not say about the coronavirus? [B class, controversial]

HIV related

...that immunologist and AIDS advocate Robert Frascino considered himself privileged after being infected with HIV? [2011]
...that a program developed by Allan Ronald has been "pivotal" in understanding and preventing transmission of AIDS in Africa? [2013; retired]
...that HIV researcher Diane Havlir was the U.S. national short track champion in 1974?
...that Portuguese HIV researcher Odette Ferreira flew from Lisbon to Paris with test tubes of blood in her coat to maintain the right temperature for testing at the Pasteur Institute? [C class]

Viruses, viral diseases

none

Epidemiology, outbreaks, locations of outbreaks

Coronavirus related

...that a fire training academy in the state of Washington has been designated as a quarantine site during the current coronavirus outbreak? [wording needs future proofing; start]
...that the Hong Kong government withdrew their decision to use Fai Ming Estate as a quarantine facility following protests from nearby residents? [C class]
...that a man suspected of carrying coronavirus in Nepal ran away from the hospital? [C class, appears out of date]
...that after suspected coronavirus patients in Maharashtra, India, started fleeing hospitals, the government directed officials to stamp the left hand of those quarantined at home using indelible ink? [C/start; looks out of date]
...that residents of Rankin Inlet, Nunavut, blocked access to a local goldmine over fears of COVID-19, even though Nunavut had no confirmed cases? [start; needs rewording as now had case]

HIV related

...that the practice in East Africa of flashblood, injecting oneself with blood of another heroin user to get high, has been called "the most effective way of infecting yourself with HIV"? [2010]

Interventions (drugs, vaccines), related bodies

...that the CEO of CEPI, a key organisation in the race to develop a vaccine for COVID-19, has called the disease "the most frightening" that he has ever encountered in his career? [GA]
...that to help counteract misleading online information on vaccines, the Vaccine Safety Net provides a list of scientifically reviewed websites?
... that a global advisory committee has been monitoring rapidly developing COVID-19 vaccines against a background of growing misinformation and vaccine hesitancy? [start]

Media eg books, films, songs

Coronavirus

...that due to its similarity to the coronavirus pandemic, Warner Bros.' second most successful film of 2020 so far is 2011's Contagion? [B class (& film is GA); wording needs amending]
...that Karan Johar launched the pop song "Genda Phool" on social media during India's coronavirus lockdown? [start]
...that Charli XCX, while under self-isolation due to the coronavirus pandemic, is collaborating with her fans to record her album How I'm Feeling Now? [start]
...that the Twenty One Pilots song "Level of Concern" frequently references the COVID-19 pandemic? [C class]
...that Ole Børud is featured on a song by a choir project that involved recordings from around the world because of the COVID-19 pandemic? [list]
...that during the COVID-19 pandemic, the hymn "O Licht der wunderbaren Nacht" by Georg Thurmair was recommended for a celebration of Easter Vigil at home? [start]
...that the Vietnamese pop song "Ghen Cô Vy" was produced to educate people on how to avoid contracting COVID-19? [start]
...that Manoj Muntashir originally wrote "Teri Mitti" as a tribute to soldiers, then wrote a reprise as a tribute to healthcare workers during the COVID-19 pandemic in India? [start]
...that A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip, the new album by rock group Sparks, contains lyrics that appear to foreshadow COVID-19, even though it was recorded before the onset of the pandemic? [start]
...that 40 musicians from seven countries collaborated on the song "We Are One", which extends a message of hope and unity to the global population affected by COVID-19? [start]

HIV

...that according to (RED), providing health-restoring antiretroviral drugs to HIV-positive people in Africa, as described in the documentary The Lazarus Effect, costs US$0.40 per person per day? [2010; retired]
...that Michael Jackson's "Gone Too Soon" was dedicated to the memory of Ryan White, a teenager who died following a battle with HIV/AIDS?
...that Jenna Bush's book Ana's Story, about a young woman with AIDS, has been criticized for not taking a stand on her father U.S. President George W. Bush's policies toward United Nations AIDS programs?
...that the AIDS activist group ACT UP twice shut down production of the Midnight Caller episode "After It Happened", believing that it would encourage vigilantism against people with AIDS?
...that the relationship between two gay men at the beginning of the AIDS epidemic in Robert Chesley's erotic and emotional play Jerker takes place entirely over the telephone?
...that for General Hospital's 50th anniversary the soap opera's fictional Nurses' Ball was connected for the first time with a real HIV/AIDS non-profit organization?
...that for 24 hours, for every download of the song "Invisible" by U2, Bank of America was giving $1 to the organisation (RED), raising $3,138,470 to fight HIV-AIDS?
...that the book Tell The Wolves I'm Home follows the life of a girl whose uncle died of AIDS in the 1980s?
...that Khabzela, a 2005 bestselling biography by Liz McGregor, concerns a South African disc jockey who died of AIDS?
...that Love Patrol is a ni-Vanuatu edutainment soap opera designed to educate viewers about HIV AIDS?

Other people

Includes physicians who are not infectious disease specialists, nurses, activists and similar.

Other

...that the footballer Joe Cassidy lost 22 lb (10 kg) during the 1924–25 season, due to a severe case of influenza?
...that in 2017, Kirti Kumari, a sitting member of the Rajasthan Legislative Assembly, died of an H1N1 infection?
...that Marilyn Saviola, a polio survivor, attended Long Island University classes remotely by telephone from her hospital ward? [GA]
...that county judge Clay Jenkins did not wear PPE while interacting with the family of a patient with Ebola virus disease, to show that asymptomatic individuals cannot spread the disease? [start]
... that Roald Dahl became an advocate of vaccination after his eldest daughter died from measles, saying that it was "almost a crime to allow your child to go unimmunized"? [start]

Coronavirus related

...that UCLA basketball player Natalie Chou said that the use of a slang term for COVID-19 created "unnecessary xenophobia for people who look like me"? [B class]
...that citizen journalist Chen Qiushi went missing while reporting on the COVID-19 outbreak in Wuhan? [GA; now located]
...that during the COVID-19 pandemic, Camille Combal hosted episodes of Qui veut gagner des millions ? – the French version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? – from his living room? [start]
...that in response to the Hong Kong government refusing to close its border with mainland China to contain COVID-19, Winnie Yu organized a labour strike among hospital workers in February 2020? [start]
...that the Serbian Orthodox Church denounced Bishop Grigorije Durić for suggesting that the Serbian government should fund hospitals rather than churches during the COVID-19 pandemic in the country? [start]
...that Stella Immanuel claims that space alien DNA is used in medical treatments, that reptilians run the United States government, and that she uses hydroxychloroquine to cure COVID-19? [C class]

HIV related

... that Jeannette Kagame, the current First Lady of Rwanda, works to help victims of the Rwandan Genocide and HIV/AIDS?
... that Australian singer-songwriter Tamas Wells produced his second and third albums while working in Rangoon, Burma, on a community health HIV/AIDS education project?
... that Botswana international footballer Donald Thobega was involved in the Test For Life campaign, which encourages supporters to get tested for HIV and AIDS?
... that sexual activism group Sex Panic! criticized the efficacy of 1990s US anti-HIV campaigns that, they argued, demonized public sexual culture?
... that Gideon Byamugisha was the first religious leader in Africa to publicly announce that he was HIV positive?
... that Rev. Frederick B. Williams at the Church of the Intercession in New York City created the first program of any religious community in the United States to respond to the AIDS epidemic?
...that Ann Northrop gave up a successful career at CBS to eventually become an AIDS educator for the Hetrick-Martin Institute and co-host of TV news program Gay USA?
... that after retiring from professional wrestling, Ida Mae Martinez was one of the first nurses in Baltimore to work with AIDS patients?
... that Thomas H. Paterniti introduced legislation in the state of New Jersey that would hold owners of adult bookstores liable if individuals contracted AIDS as a result of sexual activity on the premises?
... that after AIDS activist Rand Schrader died in 1993, his partner David Bohnett founded the GeoCities website using the benefits from Schrader's life insurance?
... that socialite Judith Peabody was known for clothes she wore from Bill Blass and Donald Brooks, as well as for legal aid to Lenny Bruce and her efforts at Gay Men's Health Crisis for people with AIDS?
... that Marion Crecco sponsored a bill in the New Jersey Assembly promoting abstinence education in schools to prevent AIDS, stating that otherwise "we are allowing our children to play Russian roulette"?
... that Werner Schuster, who in the Bundestag was concerned with health policy, Africa and the fight against AIDS, founded a civic partnership between Idstein in Germany and Moshi in Tanzania?
... that Pernessa C. Seele, the founder of the Harlem Week of Prayer for Healing of AIDS, is an immunologist and one of Time magazine's Top 100 Americans in 2006?
... that HIV/AIDS activist Spencer Cox designed a clinical trial that resulted in the approval of a protease inhibitor?
... that HIV activist Josh Robbins was diagnosed with HIV while participating in the HIV vaccine research study HVTN 505?
... that NBC network executive Perry Lafferty produced the 1985 television movie An Early Frost, one of the first dramatic films to deal with the subject of HIV / AIDS?
...that in 1981 Bobbi Campbell became the first person to publicly identify as a person living with HIV/AIDS?
...that Lucy Finch founded the first hospice in Malawi, a country where about a million people are living with HIV/AIDS?
...that South African lawyer Sibongile Ndashe was arrested in Tanzania for advocating against an anti-gay law that limited treatment for HIV/AIDS?
...that Alice Ouédraogo runs the International Labour Organization's HIV/AIDS programme?
...that after Silence=Death posters (pictured) appeared around Manhattan, William Olander created a New Museum exhibit highlighting public indifference to AIDS victims?
...that Virginia Apuzzo was a nun until shortly after the Stonewall riots, when she left her convent and became a gay rights and AIDS activist?
...that in 1988 Ruth Lockhart oversaw campus AIDS education programs like "Love Carefully Day", when flowers, candies, and condoms were distributed to students to give to "that special someone"?
...that in 2001, HIV/AIDS campaigner Minoo Mohraz defied a media ban by using the word "condom" on Iranian national television?
...that public health historian Elizabeth Fee wrote on topics as varied as the history of HIV/AIDS, the racialized treatment of syphilis, bioterrorism, and the history of the toothbrush?
...that gay pornographic film actor and director Erik Rhodes was posthumously outed as HIV-positive in his New York Times obituary?
...that Yinka Jegede-Ekpe, the first Nigerian woman to go public with her HIV-positive status, later gave birth to a healthy, HIV-negative baby girl? [start]

Miscellaneous

Coronavirus related

...that "Catch It, Bin It, Kill It" (poster shown), a slogan first used in 2007, has been revived to fight the 2020 coronavirus pandemic in the United Kingdom? [C class; image available; UK article has orange tag]
...that industry analysts have predicted that up to 75 percent of independent restaurants in the U.S. will not survive the coronavirus pandemic? [C class]
...that a vote of no confidence was successfully brought against the Kurti cabinet following a cabinet minister's dismissal over disagreements on how to manage the coronavirus pandemic in Kosovo? [start]
...that the American-led coalition has partially withdrawn troops from Iraq because of the COVID-19 pandemic in the country? [C/start]
...that Britons are being urged to clap for their carers every Thursday evening during the country's COVID-19 pandemic? [start; image available]
...that a large statue of a cottontail rabbit in Minneapolis was outfitted with a cloth face mask during the COVID-19 pandemic in Minnesota? [start; image available]
...that on 22 April 2020, the UK House of Commons met virtually for the first time in its 700-year history due to the COVID-19 pandemic? [C class]
...that months into the Philippines' coronavirus quarantine, the Bureau of Immigration Bicutan Detention Center remained grossly overcrowded, with only two pregnant women having been bailed? [GA]
...that the world's longest domestic flight, between Papeete, Tahiti, and Paris, France, a distance of 9,765 miles (15,715 km), came about because of the COVID-19 pandemic? [start; poss outdated]
...that during the COVID-19 pandemic, Polish police requested criminals to stop all criminal activities until further notice? [C class]
...that legislation for a Hong Kong national security law was attempted during both the SARS and COVID-19 epidemics? [C class]
...that during the COVID-19 pandemic, United Nations secretary-general António Guterres called for a global domestic violence "ceasefire"? [B/C class]
...that Fonner Park in Grand Island, Nebraska, was described as having become "the center of the horse racing world" during the COVID-19 pandemic? [C class]
... that an 18th-century court case may support altered ways of signing and witnessing English wills during the COVID-19 pandemic? [start]
...that El Salvador converted its main convention center into a COVID-19 hospital that, when completed, will have 2,000 beds? [start; wording needs future proofing]
...that the Association of Black Cardiologists has shared resources on the impact of coronavirus disease on black communities in response to the higher death rates seen among African Americans? [short, unrated]
...that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused delays in regulatory decisions regarding medications such as fluticasone furoate/umeclidinium bromide/vilanterol? [C class]
...that India's 2020 food-security scheme, launched during the country's COVID-19 pandemic, is equivalent to feeding 2.5 times the population of the US, 12 times that of the UK, and twice that of the EU? [start]
...that the Rachael Heyhoe Flint Trophy, which starts today, was created to allow English domestic women's cricket to be played in spite of the COVID-19 pandemic? [wording needs updating; C class]

HIV related

... that Moscow Gay Pride has been described as "satanic" and likely to increase the spread of HIV/AIDS by Moscow Mayor Yuri Luzhkov (pictured)?
...that the Ryan White Care Act, responsible for U.S. federal government HIV/AIDS services, is named after Ryan White, a teenager who was expelled from his Indiana middle school in 1985 for having AIDS? [White is a selected biography]
...that the Whitman-Walker Clinic adopted oral testing for HIV in 1993, before most major AIDS clinics in the US? [2007]
...that in 2011, Australia's National Centre in HIV Epidemiology and Clinical Research was re-named as the Kirby Institute in honour of former Justice of the High Court Michael Kirby? [2014]
...that Nkosi's Haven is a South African care centre created to address HIV-related discrimination, including the separation of infected mothers from their children? [2017]

Other

...that Mia Farrow found children at Donka Hospital dying of measles because they had not received a $1 vaccination? [2011; retired]

Problematic hooks

... that Gernot Bergold is considered the father of biochemical insect virology? [deleted for being created by banned user]
...that the vaccine MVA-B has been found to create a resistance to HIV in 90% of the Phase I testers? [orange tag]
...that the new antiretroviral drug apricitabine was invented at a Canadian drug manufacturer, which was bought by the British company Shire plc, who sold the drug's development rights to an Australian company? [retired, out of date (2008)]
...that as of June 11, 2020, the Navajo Nation had a larger per-capita rate of infection from COVID-19 than any U.S. state? [orange tag; outdated]
...that Nicholas Wilder said that being diagnosed with AIDS was just another "adventure"? [start; orange tag]