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16 year old boy dies from HIV related causes, this is allegedly the first known AIDS death in the US -
Grethe Rask, a Danish physician and surgeon who spent years working in the Congo, dies of pneumonia. Ten years after her death, a blood test finds she was infected with HIV. -
The New York Times article “Rare Cancer Seen in 41 Homosexuals” leads to the coining of the term “gay cancer” to describe Kaposi’s Sarcoma. -
Film producer Larry Kramer hosts a fundraiser in his New York City apartment, at which Dr. Friedman-Kien addresses a crowd of gay men. He raises $6,635 to fund research for this unknown disease. -
The CDC uses the term “AIDS” for the first time - Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome -
Ward 86, the world’s first dedicated outpatient clinic for people with AIDS, opens at San Francisco General Hospital. -
The CDC reports the first cases of AIDS in women. -
The New York Times publishes its first front-page article on AIDS.
(https://www.nytimes.com/1983/05/25/us/health-chief-calls-aids-battle-no-1-priority.html) -
President Reagan signs the first comprehensive federal AIDS bill, the Health Omnibus Programs Extension (HOPE) Act. This authorizes federal funds for AIDS testing and research. -
The White House prepares for World AIDS Day 2011.