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Ryan Wayne White ( Kokomo, 6 dicembre 1971 – Indianapolis, 8 aprile 1990) è stato un giovane statunitense che, a seguito di una trasfusione con sangue infetto, contrasse il virus dell' HIV e divenne poi uno dei simboli della lotta all' AIDS e dell'integrazione delle persone sieropositive.
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Ryan Wayne White (December 6, 1971 – April 8, 1990) 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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Home. About the Program. Who Was Ryan White? 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.
6 dic 2021 · Human Interest. Ryan White, Who Died of AIDS at 18, Would Have Turned 50 Today: 'He Made the World Better' "He put a human face on HIV, reduced the stigma of the diagnosis, and changed the world,...
30 nov 2023 · He is the author of Stranger Danger: Family Values, Childhood, and the American Carceral State (Oxford University Press, 2020) and The Life and Death of Ryan White: AIDS, Inequality, and America...
20 feb 2024 · Ryan White (born December 6, 1971, Kokomo, Indiana, U.S.—died April 8, 1990, Indianapolis, Indiana) 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.
8 apr 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 attend ...