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1977-2012
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1st case of AIDS found in woman
In Rigashopitalet Hospital, Copahaggen. A female patient died of Pnumocystic pnumonia. But a doctor thinks she died of something else. -
Epidemic Begins
In Atlanta at the Democratic National Committee meeting with CDC, breaks out in gay men with Pnoumocystics and no immune system in New York, San Fransico, and Los Angeles. -
Is there a name?
The CDC holds a meeting of scientists, blood industry executives, gay activists, hemophiliacs and others to develop guidelines for screening the blood supply. They gave the name of this "gay disease" Acquired Immunodeficiency Sydrome. (AIDS) Back in 1982 they brought up the name as a discussion -
Is Paris a Savior?
In Paris, France some doctors were doing research and testing Lymph tissue and after hours of going over and over and feeding the T-cells; they found the Virus once they hit past 20,000. Dr. Gallo copied their idea by asking them to send all their information to him. -
Blood tests, do they help?
They are still trying to isolate the virus. Dr. Gallo develops a blood test to screen for infections. They named it the Elisa Test. Some citizens have certain views and rights on this and they don't feel the same about it. -
A New Drug
Results are shown in Phase I clinical trials, the FDA allows ddI, to be available to patients for whom AZT is ineffective or too toxic. AZT blocks HIV from replicating, though the virus eventually develops resistance and overcomes the drug. -
AIDS Red Ribbon campaign begins
At the Tony Awards, entertainers wore red ribbons to symbolize AIDS awareness. In later years the ribbon became a more special symbol of the epidemic. -
AZT reduces mother-to-child transmisson
A study in the New England Journal of Medicine finds that only 8.3 percent of children born to HIV-positive mothers who had been given AZT were born infected, opposed to 25.5 percent of babies born to HIV-positive mothers who were given a placebo. A debate over whether HIV tests should be required of pregnant women is in discussion. -
Vaccines
Clinical trials begin for AIDS vaccine, AIDSVAX, the only one of 40 AIDS vaccines developed since 1987, that is considered promising enough to widely test on human volunteers. The U.S. AIDA deaths dropped to 17,000 per year due to the druge therapies. AIDS dropped to the 14th leading cause of death in U.S. -
Rapid test approved by FDA
The new OraQuick HIV test, a finger-prick test, can return results in 20 minutes, as compared to the two weeks it previously took for results to be processed. Public health officials stated that over 8,000 people a year did not get their results back before this test came out. -
Quater Century
On this date it marked a quater century since the first case was reported. CDC released revised HIV/AIDS testing recommendations for health care settings and a yearly screening to stay short of high risks. -
Obama puts in effort
Obama Administration releases first national HIV/AIDS strategy for the United States. South African researchers announce results of a clinical trial showing that the use of microbicide gel reduced the risk of HIV infection among sexually active women. -
U.S. FDA approves the use of Truvada
This drug (Truvada) reduces the risk of HIV infection in uninfected individuals at high risk. This marked the first HIV treatment to be approved for pre-exposure prophylaxis. -
