American Health and Human Services secretary Margaret Heckler and Dr. Robert Gallo announce that Gallo has found the AIDS virus. (He later agrees to share the discovery with the French, who announced it months earlier).
New York Times Article announcing American Health and Human Services researchers have found AIDS virus, 1984
February 1985: American Health and Human Services secretary Margaret Heckler and Dr. Robert Gallo announce that Gallo has found the AIDS virus. (He later agrees to share the discovery with the French, who announced it months earlier).