And the band played on

  • Central Africa

    in centrale africa, Don francis examined this disease. people getting sick and dieing. it was called the ebola outbreak
  • Period: to

    AIDS

    the outbreak and development of Aids and the development of knowledge
  • Copenhagen

    when they started to get first look of the outbreak and seen that it was destroying the human immune system
  • First case

    A portuguese man in paris was the first confirmed case of this diseas, he was believed to be exposed to it in Guinea Bissau, and was treated in London hospital
  • democratic national convintion

    A women named Alice was working hard to put a "Gay plank" up, she wanted gays and lesbians to have the same rights as any other person.
  • Two Deaths published

    Two young men have died from the disease one in las angeles and the other in california
  • Teen dies From AIDS

    on April 8 Ryan White dies at the age of 18 from pneumonia caused by AIDS
  • NBA star Magic

    NBA star Magic johnson publicly announces that he is HIV positive.
  • Hospital for AIDS

    At the royal free hospital in london, an out patients centre for HIV and AIDS is opened by Ian Mckellen
  • Therapies

    The first combinations of drug therapies for Hiv are introduced
  • Break through!

    Robert Gallo discoverd that some natural compounds known as chemokines can block HIV and halt the progression of AIDs
  • First to be Cured

    confrirmation is published that the first patient cured of HIV, TImothy Ray Brown, still has a negative HIV statuse. It was done by a bone marrow transplant