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  1. On This Day: June 5, 1981 - First Recognized AIDS Cases Reported in the United States

    On This Day: June 5, 1981 - First Recognized AIDS Cases Reported in the United States

    On this day June 5, 1981, the United States Centers for Disease Control published a report describing five previously healthy young men in Los Angeles who had developed a rare form of pneumonia called PCP, commonly seen in people with severely weakened immune systems. All five men were gay, and...
  2. On This Day: May 20, 1983 - The First AIDS Publication Appeared in the Journal Science

    On This Day: May 20, 1983 - The First AIDS Publication Appeared in the Journal Science

    On this day May 20, 1983, the first scientific paper identifying the virus linked to AIDS was published in the journal Science. This groundbreaking report, led by French researcher Luc Montagnier and his team at the Pasteur Institute, marked a major step in understanding the virus that would...
  3. On This Day March 20 1987 - The FDA Approved AZT as the First AIDS Treatment

    On This Day March 20 1987 - The FDA Approved AZT as the First AIDS Treatment

    On this day March 20 1987 the Food and Drug Administration approved the drug AZT making it the first successful treatment for AIDS. AZT also known as zidovudine was initially developed as a cancer drug but was later found to slow the progression of HIV giving patients hope for the first time...
  4. On This Day March 4 1985 - The Food and Drug Administration Began Requiring Tests for All Donated Blood in the United States

    On This Day March 4 1985 - The Food and Drug Administration Began Requiring Tests for All Donated Blood in the United States

    On this day March 4 1985 the Food and Drug Administration implemented a new policy requiring all donated blood in the United States to be tested for HIV. This decision came in response to growing concerns over the transmission of AIDS through blood transfusions particularly after the widely...
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