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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • News Briefs

Today in History: June 5, 1981

June 5, 2002

In 1981, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that five men in Los Angeles -- all homosexuals -- had come down with a rare kind of pneumonia; they were the first recognized cases of what later became known as AIDS.

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Adapted from:
Associated Press
06.04.02

This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update.
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