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The U.S. CDC publish an article describing cases of a rare lung infection named Pneumocystis Carini Pneumonia (PCP) in 5 gay men in Los Angeles
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The first American Aids Clinic is established in San Francisco
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CDC uses the term AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) for the first time. The first definition of AIDS is released as "a disesase at least moderately predictive of a defect in cell mediated immunity, occuring in a person with no known case for diminished resistance to that disease".
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San Francisco General Hospital is the first hospital dedicated to people infected with AIDS.
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The CDC identifies all major routes of HIV transmission,and rules out transmission by casual contact, food, water, air, or environmental surfaces.
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Margaret Heckler announces that Dr. Robert Gallo and his colleagues at the National Cancer Institute have found the cause of AIDS. Margaret Heckler also announces a blood test to detect HTLV-III and a vaccine against AIDS will be produced within 2 years.
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The International Committee on the taxonomy of Viruses declare that the virus that causes AIDS will be known as HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus).
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President Ronald Regan mentions AIDS publicly for the first time vowing in a letter to congress to make AIDS a priority.
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The National Minority AIDS Council (NMAC) is formed.
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The 10 year mark since the first case of AIDS
