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We're a gateway to all domestic U.S. government HIV & AIDS testing, treatment, & research information! We also have a blog on using new media in response to HIV & AIDS. Check us out: www.AIDS.gov & http://blog.AIDS.gov/

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Started

June 5, 1981

Location

Washington, District of Columbia

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Website

http://www.AIDS.gov
http://locator.aids.gov
http://blog.aids.gov
http://twitter.com/AIDSgov
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http://www.youtube.com/AIDSgov

History by Year

2011

An AIDS-free generation
AIDS.gov reaches 100,000 followers on Twitter
HHS Secretary Sebelius hosted “Commemorating 30 Years of Leadership in the Fight Against HIV/AIDS”.
First AIDS.gov check-in on Foursquare
AIDS.gov blog redesign
12 Cities Project launch

2010

AIDS.gov mobile website launched
The AIDS.gov blog features its first post by Dr. Ronald Valdiserri, Deputy Assistant Secretary for Health, Infectious Diseases and Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS and Infectious Disease Policy at HHS.
CAPRISA 004
The Obama Administration releases the first comprehensive National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States.
iPrEx study
First post in "Future Directions for NIAID HIV Research" blog series goes live
Launch of the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Service Provider Locator widget
The AIDS.gov blog features its first post authored by Dr. Howard Koh, Assistant Secretary for Health at HHS.
The AIDS.gov blog features its first post authored by James Albino, Senior Program Manager at the White House Office of National AIDS Policy.
The AIDS.gov blog features its first post authored by Jeffrey S. Crowley, M.P.H., Director of the White House Office of National AIDS Policy, 2009-2011.
The AIDS.gov blog features its first post by Dr. Kevin Fenton, Director of the National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention at the CDC.
The Affordable Care Act signed
First blog post from PEPFAR Ambassador Eric Goosby

2009

Consolidated Appropriations Act signed
The AIDS.gov blog features its first post by Christopher Bates, M.P.A., Executive Director of the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS through 2012.
Lifting the HIV travel and immigration ban
The AIDS.gov blog features its first post authored by Dr. Carl W. Dieffenbach, Director of the Division of AIDS at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases.
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) moves to increase the number of veterans getting HIV tests by dropping the requirement for written consent (verbal consent is still required).
First annual observance of Caribbean American HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Global Health Initiative launches
The AIDS.gov blog features its first post by Miguel Gomez, Director of AIDS.gov.
Newly elected President Barack Obama calls for the development of the first National HIV/AIDS Strategy for the United States.

2008

Launch of the first Facing AIDS for World AIDS Day photo initiative
First annual observance of National Gay Men's HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
First annual observance of National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day
AIDS.gov joined Flickr
New incidence estimates
PEPFAR reauthorized
First AIDS.gov video goes public on YouTube
First AIDS.gov blog post goes live

2007

CDC reports over 565,000 people have died of AIDS in the U.S. since 1981.

2006

AIDS.gov is founded
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) release revised HIV testing recommendations for healthcare settings, recommending routine HIV screening for all adults, aged 13-64, and yearly screening for those at high risk.
First annual observance of National Native HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
First annual observance of National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day

2005

First annual observance of National Asian and Pacific Islander HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) grants tentative approval to a generic copackaged antiretroviral drug regimen for use under the United States President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).
Increased ARVs

2004

FDA issues a guidance document for expedited approval of low cost, safe, and effective co-packaged and fixed-dose combination HIV therapies so that high-quality drugs can be made available in Africa and developing countries around the world under PEPFAR.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the use of oral fluid samples with a rapid HIV diagnostic test kit that provides the result in approximately 20 minutes.
The U.S. Congress authorizes the first $350 million for the United States President’s Emergency Program for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR).

2003

First annual observance of National Latino AIDS Awareness Day
President George W. Bush announces the creation of the United States President’s Emergency Plan For AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) in his State of the Union address.
The CDC calculates that 27,000 of the estimated 40,000 new infections that occur each year in the U.S. result from transmission by individuals who do not know they are infected.

2002

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the first rapid HIV diagnostic test kit for use in the United States that provides results with 99.6% accuracy in as little as 20 minutes.
The United States announces a framework that will allow poor countries unable to produce pharmaceuticals to gain greater access to drugs needed to combat HIV/AIDS, malaria, and other public health crises.

2001

First UN Special Session on AIDS
First annual observance of HIV Vaccine Awareness Day
First annual observance of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day
Increasing care

2000

The U.S. Congress enacts the Global AIDS and Tuberculosis Relief Act of 2000.
The leaders of the “Group of Eight” (G8) Summit release a statement acknowledging the need for additional HIV/AIDS resources.
President Clinton issues an Executive Order to assist developing countries in importing and producing generic HIV treatments.
President Clinton declares that HIV/AIDS is a threat to U.S. national security.
The Millennium Vaccine Initiative

1999

A new definition of HIV
The Congressional Hispanic Caucus, with the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute, convenes Congressional hearings on the impact of HIV/AIDS on the Latino community.

1998

"A severe and ongoing health crisis"
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) covers those in earlier stages of HIV disease, not just those who have developed AIDS.
CDC issues the first national treatment guidelines for the use of antiretroviral therapy in adults and adolescents with HIV.
A call to action
Disproportionate burden
The Minority AIDS Initiative

1997

Food and Drug Administration Modernization Act enacted
Combivir approved
First decline in AIDS deaths

1996

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves the first HIV urine test.
Nevirapine approved
Viral load test approved
The U.S. Congress reauthorizes the Ryan White CARE Act.
First HIV home testing and collection kit approved
The number of new AIDS cases diagnosed in the U.S. declines for the first time since the beginning of the epidemic.

1995

The Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS
First guidelines to prevent opportunistic infections
First annual observance of National HIV Testing Day
First protease inhibitor approved
By the end of the year, 500,000 cases of AIDS have been reported in the U.S.

1994

First oral HIV test approved
Recommending AZT
AIDS becomes the leading cause of death for all Americans ages 25 to 44.

1993

Expanding the case definition of AIDS
The NIH Revitalization Act
President Clinton establishes the White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP).

1992

Testing in 10 minutes
AIDS becomes the number one cause of death for U.S. men ages 25 to 44.

1991

The Terry Beirn Community-Based Clinical Trials Program Act
Restrictions on the practice of HIV-positive healthcare workers
Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS (HOPWA) Act

1990

The Ryan White CARE Act
The Americans with Disabilities Act
The U.S. Public Health Service issues a statement on managing occupational exposure to HIV, including considerations regarding post-exposure use of the antiretroviral drug, AZT.

1989

The National Commission on AIDS meets for the first time.
CDC releases the Guidelines for Prevention of Transmission of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Hepatitis B Virus to Health-Care and Public-Safety Workers.
First guidelines to prevent PCP
Dr. Fauci speaks on experimental treatment

1988

The U.S. Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop, launches the U.S.’s first coordinated HIV/AIDS education campaign by mailing 107 million copies of a booklet, Understanding AIDS, to all American households.
The World Health Organization (WHO) declares December 1 to be the first World AIDS Day.
HIV Planning Grants awarded

1987

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) issue Perspectives in Disease Prevention and Health Promotion Public Health Service Guidelines for Counseling and Antibody Testing to Prevent HIV Infection and AIDS.
President Reagan makes his first public speech about AIDS and establishes a Presidential Commission on HIV.
The U.S. Public Health Service adds HIV as a “dangerous contagious disease” to its immigration exclusion list and mandates testing for all visa applicants.
FDA approves the Western blot blood test kit, a more specific test for HIV antibodies.
Approval of the first antiretroviral drug

1986

U.S. Surgeon General, C. Everett Koop, issues the Surgeon General’s Report on AIDS. The report urges parents and schools to start frank, open discussions about AIDS and urges education and condom use.
President Ronald Reagan mentions AIDS publicly for the first time, vowing in a letter to Congress to make AIDS a priority.

1985

The U.S. Public Health Service issues the first recommendations for preventing HIV transmission from mother to child.
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) and the World Health Organization (WHO) host the first International AIDS Conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) revise the AIDS case definition to note that AIDS is caused by a newly identified virus and issue provisional guidelines for blood screening.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licenses the first commercial blood test, ELISA, to detect antibodies to HIV in the blood. Blood banks begin screening the U.S. blood supply.
The U.S. Congress allocates $70 million for AIDS research.

1984

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) state that avoiding injection drug use and reducing needle-sharing “should also be effective in preventing transmission of the virus.”
Finding the cause of AIDS

1983

The World Health Organization (WHO) holds its first meeting to assess the global AIDS situation, and begins international surveillance.
In the September 9 MMWR, CDC identifies all major routes of HIV transmission-and rules out transmission by casual contact, food, water, air, or environmental surfaces.
The U.S. Congress passes the first bill that includes funding specifically targeted for AIDS research and treatment—$12 million for agencies within the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
CDC reports cases of AIDS in female sexual partners of males with AIDS.

1982

"AIDS"
Congressional representatives Henry Waxman and Phillip Burton introduce legislation to allocate $5 million to CDC for surveillance and $10 million to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for AIDS research.
U.S. Representative Henry Waxman convenes the first congressional hearings on HIV/ AIDS. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimate that tens of thousands of people may be affected by the disease.

1981

Kaposi's Sarcoma
Started on June 5, 1981
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