Deadly disease Timeline 1981

Deadly Disease Timeline 1981 - 1990

Year	disease (findings) / outbreaks	scientific reasearch/cure	Medicines
1981	"Gay cancer," later called GRID, (Gay Related Immuno Deficiency) claims 121 deaths in the U.S. since the mid-1970s		First vaccine for hepatitis B	A Gay Man's Guide To Prostate Cancer
1982		Scientists call the new disease AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)		AIDS on the Agenda: Adapting Development and Humanitarian Programmes to Meet the Challenge of HIV/AIDS
1983	HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is identified.	Dr. Robert Gallo of the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, and Dr. Luc Montagnier of France's Pasteur Institute independently identify Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that causes AIDS	First biosynthetic human insulin is introduced.	An Unidentified Baby is Fed at a Home for Hiv/Aids and Abandoned Children Photographic Print Buy at AllPosters.com
1984
1985		First international AIDS conference held in Atlanta Blood test for HIV approved; screening of U.S. blood supply begins	First vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae type b
1986	England saw its first cases of mad cow disease	Scientists locate second type of AIDS virus, HIV-2, in West Africa; original virus is HIV-1	Insulin pen delivery system is introduced.	Mad Cow U.S.A.: Updated to Cover the Arrival of Mad Cow Disease
1987
1988	421 cattle have been diagnosed with BSE in Britain.
1989
1990
Year	disease (findings) / outbreaks	scientific reasearch/cure