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| 1978 |
| | | Louise Brown, born in England, is the first test-tube baby, having been conceived by IVF (In vitro fertilization) | |
|  | Collecting eggs for IVF
Wellcome Library, London
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| 1979 |
| | | The Global Commission for the Eradication of Smallpox announces that the world is free of the disease | |
|  | White doctor vaccinating 800 Zulus
Wellcome Library, London
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| 1981 |
| | | AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is described for the first time in a US medical journal | |
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| 1986 |
| | | The drug AZT (azidothymidine) offers hope as a way of inhibiting the progression from HIV to AIDS | |
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| 1998 |
| | | The drug Viagra wins government approval in the USA as a treatment for male impotence | |
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| 2000 |
| | | At the turn of the century, it is calculated that 36 million people worldwide are infected with the HIV virus | |
|  | African village
Wellcome Photo Library
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| 2003 |
| | | A deadly new form of pneumonia, SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) is first reported in Hanoi and soon spreads globally | |
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| 2005 |
| | | Two years after its first appearance, the World Health Organization announces that the deadly disease SARS has been 'eradicated' | |
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| 2005 |
| | | French surgeon Bernard Devauchelle and his team in Amiens carry out the first human face transplant | |
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| 2007 |
| | | The International Red Cross and Red Crescent adopt the Red Crystal for use where a non-religious emblem is preferred | |
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