In major U.S. cities, sexual transmission surpasses drug injection with contaminated needles as the leading cause of HIV infection among women.
AIDS patients start to show signs of resistance to AZT.
amfAR‘s efforts contribute to the passage of the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act, which strengthens NIH’s Office of AIDS Research.
The CDC’s decision to revise its definition of AIDS to include new opportunistic infections, cervical cancer, and HIV-positive people with T-cell counts under 200 results in an 111% increase in the number of U.S. AIDS cases. Many of these new cases are among women.
Dr. Carl Wild receives amfAR research funding to study the anti-HIV properties of a compound called T-20. (See 2003.)
In Nepal, amfAR launches an HIV prevention education program, providing technical assistance to community-level prevention activities conducted by 17 nongovernmental agencies.
A three-year European study shows no evidence that AZT delays the onset of AIDS.
The FDA approves a female condom for sale in the U.S.
Tom Hanks wins an Oscar for his role as a gay man with AIDS in the film “Philadelphia.”
Arthur Ashe dies of AIDS.
Rudolf Nureyev dies of AIDS.
amfAR staff members Brian Arndt and Jay Theodore die of AIDS.
U.S. YEAR-END STATISTICS
360, 909 cases of AIDS reported to date
234,225 deaths
