USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The AIDS epidemic, caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), found its way to the United States between the 1970s and 1980s, but was first noticed after doctors discovered clusters of Kaposi’s sarcoma and pneumocystis pneumonia in homosexual men in Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco in 1981.

Detailed explanation-2: -The first cases of what would later become known as AIDS were reported in the United States (U.S.) in June of 1981. Today, there are more than 1.2 million people living with HIV in the U.S. and there are more than 35, 000 new infections each year. More than 700, 000 people in the U.S., have died from HIV-related illness.

Detailed explanation-3: -The AIDS Epidemic in the United States, 1981-early 1990s.

Detailed explanation-4: -1994. AIDS becomes the leading cause of death for all Americans aged 25-44.

Detailed explanation-5: -From 1981 through 1990, 100, 777 deaths among persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) were reported to CDC by local, state, and territorial health departments; almost one third (31, 196) of these deaths were reported during 1990.