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NIH Response to AIDS 1980s-1990s

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and its response to the AIDS epidemic, including the designation of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) as the lead institute, the creation of the NIH AIDS executive committee, and the expansion of funding for 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...