Deotis McMather is pictured asleep in bed at the San Francisco General Hospital's Ward 5B -- the first AIDS hospital unit in the nation. After being diagnosed with AIDS, he returned to his apartment, where all of his belongings had been thrown out onto the street.
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Gary Walsch, who was living with AIDS, leans on a friend's shoulder before a candlelight vigil in San Francisco in 1983. The vigil was held to bring attention to the AIDS crisis affecting the gay community.
Steve Ringman/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images
Princess Diana visited patients with AIDS at a hospital in Rio de Janeiro on April 25, 1991. Her advocacy and compassion for people with HIV/AIDS helped destigmatize the disease and change public perception.
The 10 highest-paying health care jobs that don’t require a medical school degree
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Baby boomers, the more than 75 million people in the U.S. born between 1944 and 1964, are starting to retire. As this generation ages and requires more advanced health care, the demand for health care occupations is expected to grow at a breakneck pace.
The data used in this analysis is from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics’ Occupational Employment Statistics and Employment Projections surveys. To find the highest-paying healthcare occupations that don’t require a professional degree, only Healthcare Practitioners and Technical Occupations were considered. Occupations requiring a professional degree were filtered out. The remaining occupations were ordered by their median annual wage for 2018 (rounded to the nearest thousand). Median annual wages and total employment are for 2018; whereas, the projected employment growth is for 2016-2026. Wage data cover non-farm wage and salary workers and does not cover the self-employed, owners and partners in unincorporated firms, or household workers.
Deotis McMather is pictured asleep in bed at the San Francisco General Hospital's Ward 5B -- the first AIDS hospital unit in the nation. After being diagnosed with AIDS, he returned to his apartment, where all of his belongings had been thrown out onto the street.
Steve Ringman/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images
Princess Diana visited patients with AIDS at a hospital in Rio de Janeiro on April 25, 1991. Her advocacy and compassion for people with HIV/AIDS helped destigmatize the disease and change public perception.
Gary Walsch, who was living with AIDS, leans on a friend's shoulder before a candlelight vigil in San Francisco in 1983. The vigil was held to bring attention to the AIDS crisis affecting the gay community.
Steve Ringman/San Francisco Chronicle/Getty Images
Photo Credit: Alamy Stock Photo
