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Ken Horne is pronounced the first official case of AIDS in the U.S.
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French-Canadian flight attentdent, Gaetan Dugas goes to his first bath house in New York. He is later proclaimed "Patient Zero" of the AIDS epidemic in the U.S.
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The name AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is given to the disease instead of GRID( gay related immune deficiency) because it is not just found in gay men.
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AIDS is discovered to be a retrovirus by French scientist, Françoise Barré-Sinoussi.
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Dr. Gallo and Montagnier agree that they have found the saome retrovirus taht causes AIDS
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San Francisco closes bath houses due to the spread of AIDS
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AZ, the first drug for treating AIDS, is approved by the FDA.
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The Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS is formed to elp fight the pandemic of AIDS
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The FDA approves the first rapid HIV diagnostic kit for use in the US. It provides results with 99.6% accuracy in as little as 20 minutes.
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The FDA approves the 100th antiretroviral medication
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The US and other countries lift the HIV travel and immigration ban to allow those people to other countries
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The 25th anniversary of AIDS