And the Band Played On 634 people were reported having AIDS, and of those, 260 had died. The "New York Times" wrote three stories in 1981 and three more stories in 1982 about AIDS, none on the front page. The Tylenol Crisis was a criminal act of product-tampering; Legionnaire's Disease was a public health emergency. Twenty-nine members of the American Legion died in 1976 at a convention in Philadelphia. The National Institute of Health spent $34,841 per death of Legionnaire's Disease. In contrast, the NIH spent $3,225 in 1981 and about $8,991 in 1982 for each person who died of AIDS. Shilts accused Ronald Reagan
Pneumocystis pneumonia The older species name "Pneumocystis carinii" (which now applies only to the "Pneumocystis" species that is found in rats) is still in common usage. As a result, "Pneumocystis" pneumonia (PCP) is also known as Pneumocystis jiroveci[i]" pneumonia and (incorrectly) as Pneumocystis carinii" pneumonia. Regarding nomenclature, when the name of "Pneumocystis" pneumonia (PCP) changed from "P. carinii" pneumonia to "P. jirovecii" pneumonia, it was at first asked whether "PJP" should replace "PCP". However, because the short name "PCP" was already well established among physicians that managed patients with "Pneumocystis" infection, it was widely accepted that that name could continue to be