amfAR issues its first HIV/AIDS Treatment Directory.
In the first comprehensive report on AIDS, the Institute of Medicine states that $2 billion is needed annually for AIDS research and care.
U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop calls for a comprehensive program of sex and AIDS education and urges the widespread use of condoms.
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) plans the formation of its AIDS Clinical Trials Group (ACTG).
The first controlled efficacy trial of AZT is undertaken by the NIH.
In West Africa, a second type of HIV, HIV-2, is discovered in commercial sex workers.
Dr. Krim and Elizabeth Taylor testify before Congress on the need for clinical research in the community setting, accelerated research on new treatments, and rapid access to experimental HIV/AIDS drugs.
Ms. Taylor appears in amfAR-produced public service TV ads to heighten AIDS awareness and encourage compassion for people with AIDS.
amfAR awards $1.5 million in research grants, including a grant to Dr. Nancy Chang to study an HIV enzyme called protease. (See 1995.)
amfAR Program Officer Terry Beirn joins the staff of the U.S. Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources and helps craft major AIDS legislation for the next four years.
The first panel of the AIDS Memorial Quilt is created in San Francisco.
Perry Ellis dies of AIDS.
Jerry Smith dies of AIDS.
U.S. YEAR-END STATISTICS
28,712 cases of AIDS reported to date
24,559 deaths
