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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…

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In 1987, the Centers for Disease Control launched a broad campaign to explain modes of transmission, risk, and behavior.

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Michael Callen and Richard Berkowitz, gay men infected with the virus, wrote this 1983 sex-positive guide.

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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

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Condoms came into fashion because they offered protection against HIV and other sexually transmitted infections.

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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…

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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…
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