Margaret Fleming

Margaret Fleming

Margaret Fleming was not surprised when her son adopted a child born with HIV. She has nine adopted children herself, including some with HIV and other factors that initially made them difficult to place with a family. Her journey began after a deep depression in...
Arthur J. Ammann

Arthur J. Ammann

In 1982, when pediatric immunologist Arthur Ammann documented the first known cases of AIDS transmission from mothers to infants, little was known about the disease. Today, more than two dozen drugs treat those infected by HIV, especially in wealthier countries. In...
Dr. Akbar Ahmed

Dr. Akbar Ahmed

UCLA computer science professor Judea Pearl (right) has left math equations behind to defy the terrorists who murdered his son, Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl, in 2002. “If they try to spread division among people, then we ought to spread...
Dana Freyer

Dana Freyer

From the desk of her corner office on the 48th floor of a Times Square skyscraper, Dana Freyer has a sweeping view of some of the most famous landmarks in the world, from the Empire State Building to the Statue of Liberty. What Freyer can’t see are trees. And yet for...