Ryan White was a spirited, bright kid who loved basketball, Nintendo and dreaming big. In 1984, 13-year-old Ryan contracted HIV through a contaminated blood transfusion used to treat his hemophilia.

Indiana teen Ryan White was banned from school following an AIDS diagnosis in 1984, which led to his death five years later.

Paul M. Renfro provides a rich history of Ryan White’s AIDS diagnosis, his legal battle for the right to attend public school, his celebrity status as an “innocent victim” of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, ...

In the spring of 2026, a memorial sculpture of Ryan, who died at 18, is set to be installed in the Indiana Memorial Union. Born in 1971 with severe hemophilia, a disorder causing blood not to clot ...

Indiana University will install a sculpture of Ryan White, a teenager who became a national advocate for AIDS awareness in the 1980s. The sculpture, created by IU professor Melanie Pennington, will be ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — Thirty-five years ago, a young boy from Kokomo became a national symbol in the fight against AIDS-related discrimination. Ryan White was diagnosed with HIV/AIDS 40 years ago ...

On Thursday, Feb. 19, the Center for Presidential History (CPH) at Southern Methodist University will host historian Paul Renfro who will discuss his new book The Life and Death of Ryan White: AIDS ...

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It's been over three decades since Ryan White died of AIDS complications, and the impact of his advocacy continues to resonate. The unexpected poster child of the disease was diagnosed in 1984 when he ...