What is AIDS? AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It is not passed down from generation to generation through genes, but it is acquired. AIDS is a disease that attacks the immune system, a system that is vital in fighting off disease. This disease causes the immune system to be deficient, or weakened, so that it cannot properly fight off diseases because it is unable to produce white blood cells. AIDS is a syndrome …showed first 75 words of 1467 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1467 total…higher among Hispanics than among whites. HIV and AIDS also affect a great deal of homosexual and bisexual men, but is becoming more frequent among heterosexual men and women. An End to AIDS? The end to AIDS may be far into the future. The medications do not destroy aids just help slow it down. Maybe the answer is to just stick with one partner or not have sex. Whatever the solution AIDS must be stopped.