... cases of AIDS was identified in the late 1980 and early 1981, when the virus was first noticed by doctors among homosexual men in San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York. It first emerged in the form of rare illnesses such as, Pneumocystic Carinii Pneumonia (chest infection) and Kaposi's Sarcoma (skin cancer). Tests were performed and found out that the patient's immune systems were greatly weakened. Since all these initial cases were among homosexual men, the new disease was initially called Gay Related Immune Deficiency (GRID). By 1982, researchers were convinced that it was not just a gay disease and therefore was given its present name AIDS. In late 1984, researchers discovered that HIV virus was the cause of AIDS. Following this discovery, the first HIV test was approved in 1985 and over the next several years medications were developed to combat the virus. However, by the end of 1987, ...

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