AIDS

History of HIV/AIDS

FDA HIV/AIDS Timeline (Food and Drug Administration)
A timeline of significant events in FDA's history of activities related to HIV/AIDS, from the start of the epidemic to present. Information is included on the approval of new therapies and prevention methods.

National Institutes of Health (NIH) AIDS History Site ~ In Their Own Words: NIH Researchers Recall the Early Years of AIDS (National Institutes of Health)
This Web site commemorates the 25-year struggle to confront the deadly HIV/AIDS pandemic. In Their Own Words documents how NIH researchers confronted the early days of HIV/AIDS from the first encounters with the virus the mobilization against the disease and the first steps of the search for treatments. The site includes a document archive and an image library.

Reports Related to HIV/AIDS Published in 1981-present in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
The Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Reports (MMWR) is CDC's premiere journal. Public health reports, recommendations, and announcements on a variety of disease topics are published weekly. This resource assists those looking for HIV/AIDS-related MMWRs by organizing links to individual reports.

• 25 Notable HIV and AIDS Reports Published in the Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR) (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  Presents a listing of the 25 most notable MMWR reports on HIV/AIDS.
• June 5, 1981. Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR), Vol. 30, No. 21. "Pneumocystis Pneumonia --- Los Angeles" (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
  On June 5, 1981, MMWR published a report of five cases of Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) among previously healthy young men in Los Angeles. All of the men were described as homosexuals; two had died. This report prompted a response from the CDC and researchers that lead to definition 18 months later for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).