How to survive a plague: the story of how activists and scientists tamed AIDS

The Riveting, Powerful And Profoundly Moving Story Of The Aids Epidemic. Winner Of The Baillie Gifford Prize For Non-fiction Winner Of The Green Carnation Prize For Lgbtq Literature Winner Of The Lambda Literary Award For Lgbt Non-fiction Shortlisted For The Wellcome Book Prize 2017 How To Survive A Plague By David France Is A Social And Scientific History Of Aids, And The Grass-roots Movement Of Activists, Many Of Them Facing Their Own Life-or-death Struggles, Who Grabbed The Reins Of Scientific Research To Help Develop The Drugs That Turned Hiv From A Mostly Fatal Infection To A Manageable Disease. Around The Globe, The 15.8 Million People Taking Anti-aids Drugs Today Are Alive Thanks To Their Efforts. Not Since The Publication Of Randy Shilts's Now Classic And The Band Played On In 1987 Has A Book Sought To Measure The Aids Plague In Such Brutally Human, Intimate, And Soaring Terms. Weaving Together The Stories Of Dozens Of Individuals, This Is An Insider's Account Of A Pivotal Moment In Our History And One That Changed The Way That Medical Science Is Practised Worldwide. 'this Superbly Written Chronicle Will Stand As A Towering Work In Its Field' - Sunday Times 'inspiring, Uplifting And Necessary Reading' - Steve Silberman Author Of Neurotribes, Financial Times