On June 5, US president Joe Biden called for the national Congress to boost funding for HIV/AIDS-related resources, 40 years since the first cases of the virus were reported in the country.
In a statement, Biden said: “On the 40th year of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, we remember the lives that were cut short by this terrible disease – including so many whose pain went unacknowledged for far too long.”He continued: “We also celebrate the resilience and dignity of the over 38 million people worldwide, including approximately 1.2 million Americans, living with HIV.” He thanked the “tireless dedication of activists, scientific researchers, and medical professionals” that has helped make America “a leading force in the fight to end the HIV crisis”,.