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AIDS Amendments of 1988

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Statutes at Large
102 Stat. 3062

Codified at (U.S. Code)

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What is the Hope Act of 1988?+

In 1988, Congress passed the Health Omnibus Programs Extension (HOPE Act), which established the Office of AIDS Research (OAR) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to coordinate HIV and AIDS research across NIH. OAR was the first and remains the only NIH-wide office dedicated to one specific condition.

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How many people died from AIDS in 1988?+

As of December 31, 1988, 82,764 cases of AIDS in the United States and its territories had been reported to CDC. Of these cases, more than 46,000 have been fatal.

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