Ted Gideonse

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Before the 1996 International AIDS Conference, in Vancouver, few outside the HIV-research community had any idea who Dr. David Ho was. But at the conference, Ho made an announcement that made him the most famous AIDS scientist in the world. He explained how, by using a “cocktail” of AZT and several new drugs called protease inhibitors in the early stages of infection, doctors could reduce HIV in the body to undetectable levels. Patients on the drugs had already made remarkable recoveries.

Ted Gideonse is a medical anthropologist who studies the effects of public health discourses about HIV and drugs. Political myth-making about America’s rural “heartland” is doubly pernicious, increasing rural vulnerability to COVID-19 and ignoring the disintegration of rural health services. Tips and affirmations for starting a meditation practice and staying grounded during this global pandemic. Higher education is at a crossroads.