The first cases of AIDS were officially reported by the CDC in this year.
What is 1981?
This NBA player famously announced he was HIV positive in 1991.
Who is Magic Johnson?
President during the early years of the epidemic who was criticized for not addressing it sooner.
Who is Ronald Reagan?
The type of medication that changed HIV from a death sentence to a chronic illness.
What are antiretroviral drugs?
The red ribbon is a symbol for this.
What is AIDS awareness and support?
This term was initially used to describe the mysterious illness before it was named AIDS.
What is GRID (Gay-Related Immune Deficiency)?
U.S. Surgeon General in the 1980s who mailed AIDS information to every household.
Who is Dr. C. Everett Koop?
This U.S. health agency first reported AIDS cases in 1981.
What is the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)?
This type of drug combination became the standard treatment starting in 1996.
What is HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy)?
This musical and movie told the story of young people affected by AIDS in NYC.
What is Rent?
The first U.S. cities to report clusters of AIDS cases.
What are Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York City?
The scientist who co-discovered HIV.
Who is Dr. Robert Gallo (U.S.) or Luc Montagnier (France)?
The name of the law passed in 1990 to protect people with HIV/AIDS from discrimination.
What is the Ryan White CARE Act?
The year the first HIV test was approved.
What is 1985?
This international day is observed on December 1st each year.
What is World AIDS Day?
The virus that causes AIDS.
What is HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus)?
First major American celebrity to die of AIDS, in 1985.
Who is Rock Hudson?
This teenage hemophiliac became a national symbol after being barred from school due to his HIV status.
Who is Ryan White?
The U=U campaign stands for this.
What is Undetectable = Untransmittable?
1993 Oscar-winning film starring Tom Hanks as a man with AIDS.
What is Philadelphia?
This immune cell type is most affected by HIV.
What are CD4 (T-helper) cells?
AIDS activist who created ACT UP.
Who is Larry Kramer?
This federal department launched the Ending the HIV Epidemic initiative in 2019.
What is the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)?
This once-a-day pill helps prevent HIV infection in high-risk people.
What is PrEP (Pre-exposure prophylaxis)?
Name of the quilt made in memory of AIDS victims.
What is the AIDS Memorial Quilt?