Editing 2010s (section)

==Health and society==
{{Main|2010s in health and society}}
[[AIDS]], a [[pandemic]] responsible for killing over 30 million people since its discovery in the early 1980s, especially in sub-Saharan Africa, became a treatable condition, though by the end of the decade only two cases had been [[HIV/AIDS research|cured]].<ref name="nytimes.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/04/health/aids-cure-london-patient.html |work=The New York Times |title=H.I.V. Is Reported Cured in a Second Patient, a Milestone in the Global AIDS Epidemic |date=4 March 2019}}</ref> With good treatment patients can generally expect normal lives and lifespans. However, {{as of|2011|lc=y}} only some 5 million of the 12 million affected people had access to such treatment.<ref name="foxnews.com">{{cite news |url=https://www.foxnews.com/health/30-years-later-an-end-to-aids/ |work=Fox News |title=30 Years Later: An End to AIDS? |date=2 June 2011}}</ref>

During the 2010s, social changes included increases in life expectancy and falling birth rates leading to larger proportions of the population being elderly. This put pressure on pensions and other social security programs in developed nations. The environment became a topic of greater public concern around the world.<ref>{{cite web |date=5 November 2015 |title=Global Concern about Climate Change, Broad Support for Limiting Emissions |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2015/11/05/global-concern-about-climate-change-broad-support-for-limiting-emissions/ |publisher=Pew Research Centre's Global Attitudes Project |access-date=29 June 2020}}</ref> Many parts of the world moved towards greater acceptance of LGBT people often including the legalisation of same-sex marriage. The internet took an ever greater role in entertainment, communication, politics and commerce, especially for younger people and those living in wealthier countries. In 2011, the [[world population]] [[Day of Seven Billion|reached seven billion]] people.<ref>{{cite news |date=26 October 2011 |title=Population seven billion: UN sets out challenges |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15459643 |access-date=30 October 2011}}</ref>