Dr. Robert Gallo and co-workers announce identification of the AIDS virus
Dr. Jay Levy and colleagues report isolation of the AIDS virus
Connecticut law permits quarantine of those thought a threat
7,699 cases of AIDS reported, cumulative total
Ryan White barred from school in Indiana
Actor Rock Hudson dies
Antibody test approved
Blood bank screening begins
First International AIDS Conference, Atlanta
Needle safety efforts in New York City and New Jersey
HIV-2 variant isolated by Dr.…
First drug treatment—AZT—announced
U.S. surgeon general’s report
Bowers v. Hardwick Supreme Court decision upholds Georgia sodomy law
Massive gay rights March on Washington
Military and Foreign Service begin mandatory HIV testing
29,003 cases of AIDS…
ACT UP organized, New York City
President Reagan’s first speech on HIV and AIDS
Helms Amendment bars federal funds for health information “promoting homosexuality”
Quilt displayed in Washington, D.C.
HIV and AIDS added to immigration restriction…
A man who has Kaposi’s sarcoma, an early manifestation of AIDS, describing his swollen lymph glands to health workers in a San Francisco clinic, 1983
Mickey Pfleger, photographer
In 1983–84, both Dr. Luc Montagnier, Pasteur Institute, Paris, and Dr. Robert Gallo, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, discovered HIV. They resolved the dispute over priority by sharing recognition as co-discoverers and co-patentees…
In 1983–84, both Dr. Luc Montagnier, Pasteur Institute, Paris, and Dr. Robert Gallo, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, discovered HIV. They resolved the dispute over priority by sharing recognition as co-discoverers and co-patentees…