How Aids Activists Challenged America And Saved The Fda From Itself - Paperback

AIDS : a tsunami of death -- Part I: Plight -- Twice aborted lives -- Refugees become activists -- A tale of two cities -- The politics of AIDS -- Trailblazers in identity demagoguery -- Paths to nowhere and byways of denial -- A city riddled with denial -- Part II: Struggles & conflicts -- The DDC-DDI petition : a fast lane for AIDS drugs -- The real AIDS drug underground and its FDA enablers -- Vigilante activism -- Regulation without representation -- Activists, media, and scientists -- Racing against the clock -- The moral challenges of partisan politics -- FDA reform gathers steam -- Log Cabin Republicans and other Republicans -- Part III: Climax -- Celebrity deaths and non-gay AIDS activists -- The great Commissioner -- The axis of obstruction -- The grand patient alliance of 1995 -- Part IV: Outcomes -- 1996 persons of the year -- Congress passes an FDA reform bill, finally -- New era, different challenges -- Conclusion: What can we learn? -- Part V: Loose ends -- Appendix I. A counter to FDA's Thalidomide mythos : FDA delays of HIV rapid testing cost lives -- Appendix II. Larry Kramer's cyclopean distraction : corporate greed -- Appendix III. Politicians' sins of omission -- Appendix IV. High ranking purveyors of stigma -- Epilogue: FDA and COVID-19.

• | Author: James Driscoll Ph.D.
• | Publisher: Academica Press
• | Publication Date: February 01, 2021
• | Number of Pages: 318 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 1680531425
• | ISBN-13: 9781680531428