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AIDS Research Funding 1980s-1990s

The growth of funding for AIDS research at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) during the 1980s and 1990s, including the creation of new coordinating units such as the Office of AIDS Research.

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Jan 22, 2026

How did the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and NIH respond to early AIDS research debates in the 1980s?

The and its largest AIDS player, , moved from scattered early efforts into centralized leadership during the 1980s—designating NIAID the lead institute in 1985 and creating the NIH AIDS executive comm...