{"slug": "hiv-aids", "label": "HIV/AIDS", "wikipedia": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS", "wikidata": "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12199", "qid": "Q12199", "description": "spectrum of conditions caused by HIV infection", "entries": 13, "years": 11, "span": [1920, 1995], "span_label": ["1920 CE", "1995 CE"], "topics": [{"title": "Health & Medicine", "count": 6}, {"title": "Deaths", "count": 6}, {"title": "Culture & Society", "count": 1}], "also_known_as": ["AIDS", "Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome"], "related": [{"slug": "food-and-drug-administration", "label": "Food and Drug Administration", "shared": 2}, {"slug": "london", "label": "London", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "united-states", "label": "United States", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "north-america", "label": "North America", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "st-louis", "label": "St. Louis", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "belgian-congo", "label": "Belgian Congo", "shared": 1}, {"slug": "wembley-stadium-1923", "label": "Wembley Stadium (1923)", "shared": 1}], "items": [{"year": 1920, "year_label": "1920 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": null, "text": "Approximate date – The HIV/AIDS pandemic almost certainly originates in Léopoldville, modern-day Kinshasa, the capital of the Belgian Congo.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369258210#Date_unknown", "title": "1920", "revid": 1369258210, "section": "Events › Date unknown"}}, {"year": 1969, "year_label": "1969 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "May 15", "text": "May 15 – An American teenager known as 'Robert R.' dies in St. Louis, Missouri, United States, of a baffling medical condition. In 1984 it will be identified as the earliest confirmed case of HIV/AIDS in North America.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1373164180#May", "title": "1969", "revid": 1373164180, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1981, "year_label": "1981 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "June 5", "text": "June 5 – The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States report that five homosexual men in Los Angeles have a rare form of pneumonia seen only in patients with weakened immune systems, the first recognized cases of AIDS.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1369107326#June", "title": "1981", "revid": 1369107326, "section": "Events › June"}}, {"year": 1983, "year_label": "1983 CE", "section": "Culture & Society", "date": "May 20", "text": "May 20 – Two separate research groups led by Robert Gallo and Luc Montagnier independently declare that a novel retrovirus may have been infecting people with HIV/AIDS, and publish their findings in the same issue of the journal Science.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1366392977#May", "title": "1983", "revid": 1366392977, "section": "Events › May"}}, {"year": 1984, "year_label": "1984 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "June 25", "text": "June 25 – Michel Foucault, 57, French philosopher, AIDS", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354709836", "title": "Deaths in June 1984", "revid": 1354709836, "section": "Deaths › June"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "March 20", "text": "March 20 – AZT is approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for use in the treatment of HIV/AIDS.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#March", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › March"}}, {"year": 1987, "year_label": "1987 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "October 7", "text": "October 7 – The U.S. Department of Education announces new guidelines for teaching about AIDS in public schools, emphasizing the importance of abstinence and \"appropriate moral and social conduct.\"", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372769014#October", "title": "1987", "revid": 1372769014, "section": "Events › October"}}, {"year": 1990, "year_label": "1990 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "February 16", "text": "February 16 – Keith Haring, 31, American artist, AIDS.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1341754910", "title": "Deaths in February 1990", "revid": 1341754910, "section": "Deaths › February"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 24", "text": "November 24 – Queen lead singer Freddie Mercury dies in London from AIDS induced pneumonia. In an unrelated incident, Kiss drummer Eric Carr dies from heart cancer.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1371487470#November", "title": "1991", "revid": 1371487470, "section": "Events › November"}}, {"year": 1991, "year_label": "1991 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "November 24", "text": "November 24 – Freddie Mercury, 45, British singer (Queen) and songwriter (\"Bohemian Rhapsody\", \"We Are the Champions\"), AIDS.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1360345208", "title": "Deaths in November 1991", "revid": 1360345208, "section": "Deaths › November"}}, {"year": 1992, "year_label": "1992 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "April 20", "text": "April 20 – The Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, held at Wembley Stadium, London, is televised live to over one billion people and raises millions of dollars for AIDS research.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1368521010#April", "title": "1992", "revid": 1368521010, "section": "Events › April"}}, {"year": 1993, "year_label": "1993 CE", "section": "Deaths", "date": "January 6", "text": "January 6 – Rudolf Nureyev, 54, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer, AIDS.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372691082", "title": "Deaths in January 1993", "revid": 1372691082, "section": "Deaths › January"}}, {"year": 1995, "year_label": "1995 CE", "section": "Health & Medicine", "date": "December 6", "text": "December 6 – The United States Food and Drug Administration approves Saquinavir, the first protease inhibitor to treat HIV/AIDS. Within 2 years of its approval, annual deaths from AIDS in the United States fall from over 50,000 to approximately 18,000.", "cite": {"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1372467239#December", "title": "1995", "revid": 1372467239, "section": "Events › December"}}]}