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The American disease surveillance and prevention organization reported a rare form of pneumonia among gay youth in California.
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The Paris Pasteur Institute team announced the discovery of the lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV), which was later known as Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
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Thanks to the United States Food and Drug Administration, the time for the approval of AIDS medications was reduced. The first AZT antiretroviral drug was introduced.
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The World Health Organization established December 1 as World AIDS Day.
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The National AIDS Program was created that began administering free anti-HIV drugs.
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La película protagonizada por Tom Hanks se estrenó en la que interpreta a un abogado con VIH.
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It was indicated that AZT reduced mother-to-child transmission rates.
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The Food and Drug Administration approved the use of rapid tests, which offer results with 99.6% accuracy in just 20 minutes.
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The first trials were conducted to reduce the risk of HIV acquisition among people who were exposed to the virus
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The first trials were conducted to reduce the risk of contracting HIV among people who were exposed to the virus.
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It was confirmed that people with HIV being treated had fewer risks of transmitting the virus.
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The case of Timothy Brown, who lived with HIV and after receiving a bone marrow transplant, completely lost the presence of the virus in the blood.
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UNAIDS treated new goals for 2020: 90% of people with HIV diagnosed, 90% of them being treated and 90% of those being treated with undetectable viral load.
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The Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Security, which promotes active measures of discrimination in access to employment, banned the HIV test in the pre-occupational examination.
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Scientists managed to get a person, identified only as "the London patient", to overcome HIV infection. This is a man who does not show traces of HIV after 19 months.
