January
The CDC reported 16,458 cases of AIDS in the United Sates with 8,361
deaths. |
February
NIAID established a Division of AIDS. |
May
The name of the AIDS virus was changed to human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV) at the suggestion of a multinational committee of scientists. |
June
At a PHS-sponsored conference at the Coolfont Conference Center in
West Virginia, a prediction was made that in 2001, some 270,000 people
in the United States would have been diagnosed with AIDS and that
179,000 would have died. |
June
NIAID established AIDS Treatment Evaluation Units (ATEUs), which later
became AIDS Clinical Trials Units (ACTUs). |
July
NHLBI cosponsored with FDA and the NIH Office on Medical Applications
of Research a conference on the “Impact of HTLV-III Antibody
Testing on the Public Health.” |
October
The CDC reported that although the incidence of AIDS was rising for
all racial/ethnic groups and in all geographic regions of the country,
the cumulative incidence of AIDS among blacks and Hispanics was more
than three times the rate for whites. |
October
Surgeon General C. Everett Koop released his “Report on Acquired
Immune Deficiency.” |
December
The CDC reported 28,098 cases of AIDS in the United States with 15,757
deaths. |
