Reflecting on the AIDS epidemic, 40 years after the first reported cases in the U.S.
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A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention published on June 5, 1981 described a Pneumonia-like disease in five previously healthy gay men in Los Angeles. While the disease was a mystery with no name back then, today the study is regarded as the arrival of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.
Dr. Michael Gottlieb, who published the paper 40 years ago, says the report sparked an "uncomfortable feeling" in the LGBTQ+ community about what would happen next. "People tell me, particularly people in the LGBTQ community, tell me that they remember where they were when they read this publication, and they had an uncomfortable about what was coming on," he told CBS News' Elaine Quijano. "But the reaction of the general public was basically flat."Sean "Diddy" Combs on Sunday apologized in a social media post after security video aired by CNN that appears to show him attacking singer Cassie Ventura in a Los Angeles hotel hallway in 2016. In an Instagram video, he said his behavior was "inexcusable" and he takes "full responsibility" for his actions.
On Nov. 13, 2016, Dr. Eric "Scott" Sills, a renowned California fertility doctor, called 911 and reported finding his wife and business partner Susann Sills unresponsive at the bottom of the stairs. An initial investigation revealed some evidence that was consistent with an accidental fall. But as "48 Hours" correspondent Tracy Smith reports, other evidence pointed to something more sinister. DETECTIVE: How do you know she — she got an email? MARY-KATHERINE SILLS: I woke up and my dad was just like on the covers just laying there like there wasn't enough room to get in I guess. So, he was just laying there.