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Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990) [1] was an American teenager from Kokomo, Indiana, who became a national poster child for HIV/AIDS in the United States after his school barred him from attending classes following a diagnosis of AIDS.
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Ryan White was 13 when he was diagnosed with AIDS after a blood transfusion in December 1984. Living in Kokomo, Indiana, doctors gave him six months to live. When Ryan tried to return to school, he faced AIDS-related discrimination in his Indiana community.
Nov 30, 2023 · Ryan White was the poster child for AIDS in the 1980s, drawing public attention to the crisis. But for many the stigma persisted.
Apr 8, 2015 · White — who was 18 when he died 25 years ago, on April 8, 1990 — was a hemophiliac and had acquired HIV through a blood transfusion. In and around 1985, he made headlines by trying to...
May 1, 2024 · Ryan White (born December 6, 1971, Kokomo, Indiana, U.S.—died April 8, 1990, Indianapolis, Indiana) was an American teenager who became a national symbol after he contracted AIDS from an injection of factor VIII, a substance necessary for blood clotting, to treat his hemophilia.
Apr 8, 2016 · Today we celebrate one of the great heroes in the war against AIDS: a quiet, unassuming and brave young man named Ryan White. He was only 18 when he died of the disease on April 8, 1990.
Who Was Ryan White? Learn about the courageous young man who is the namesake of the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program. Program Parts & Initiatives. Find out how low-income people with HIV can get HIV care and support. Minority HIV/AIDS Fund.
Apr 9, 1990 · Ryan White, the Indiana teen-ager who put the face of a child on AIDS and served as a leader for gaining greater understanding and compassion for those with the deadly disease, died today....
Ryan White was an Indiana teenager with hemophilia who contracted AIDS through a blood transfusion. He courageously fought AIDS-related discrimination and helped educate the Nation about his disease. Ryan White died on April 8, 1990, at the age of 18, just a few months before Congress passed the AIDS bill that bears his name.
Mar 30, 2020 · On April 8, 1990, 18-year-old Ryan White dies of pneumonia, due to having contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion. He had been given six months to live in December of 1984 but defied...
