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A Woman to Know: Linda Laubenstein

A Woman to Know: Linda Laubenstein

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Julia Carpenter
Jun 22, 2017
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She is incredibly important in the history of AIDS. — Larry Kramer

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She co-authored one of the first articles exploring the causes behind the AIDS epidemic in the 1980s, and her work in HIV research revolutionized treatment of the disease. Even though she spent her life in a wheelchair, paraplegic from a childhood bout with p…

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