The lawyer and former City Human Rights Commissioner disclosed his H.I.V.-positive status in the early 1990s, when AIDS was far more stigmatized than it is today.

A federal study of the “test and treat” strategy to fight the spread of AIDS will focus on the District of Columbia and the Bronx.Federal health officials are planning to study a “test and treat” strategy to stop the spread of the AIDS virus in the District of Columbia and the Bronx.

Mr. Hilferty was a writer and activist who made a documentary film in 1989 that roiled the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York and the Public Broadcasting Service.

Dr. Berkman was a Vietnam-era radical who founded a group that helped make AIDS medications available to some of the world’s poorest people.

Mr. McFarlane was the first executive director of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, a group that was an early advocate for public and private research to deal with the disease.

Mr. McFarlane was the first executive director of the Gay Men’s Health Crisis, a group that was an early advocate for public and private research to deal with the disease.

A 43-year-old man is making a second attempt at rowing a boat 8,000 miles from Senegal to Brooklyn to raise awareness about AIDS prevention.

An investigation has found no evidence that any New York City foster children died as a result of their participation in clinical drug trials for H.I.V. and AIDS.

An investigation has found no evidence that any New York City foster children died as a result of their participation in clinical drug trials for H.I.V. and AIDS.

After nearly 15 years of fund-raising and false starts, an outdoor AIDS memorial has been dedicated in Hudson River Park in Manhattan.