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Mother Of Ryan White On The Ongoing Battle Against AIDS

Jeanne White Ginder
www.hab.hrsa.gov
Jeanne White Ginder

Thirty years ago, Ryan White changed the face of AIDS.

Before the Indiana boy became infected with HIV through a contaminated blood treatment in the 1984, AIDS was widely associated with gay men.

More than 20 years after Ryan's death, his mother Jeanne White Ginder, still crusades for victims of AIDS.  She's speaking this morning at the Catholic Charities Community Services breakfast.

She recently talked to us about her ongoing efforts and how the AIDS discussion has changed over the last three decades.  You can hear that conversation by clicking on the audio link above.

Beth Adams joined WXXI as host of Morning Edition in 2012 after a more than two-decade radio career. She was the longtime host of the WHAM Morning News in Rochester. Her career also took her from radio stations in Elmira, New York, to Miami, Florida.