The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in December publishes draft guidelines calling on all states to require reporting cases of HIV infection to health officials. All states currently require AIDS cases reporting. Although the guidelines allow states to choose between using names or unique codes for HIV reporting, the CDC advises the use of names, an approach that many public health officials and HIV advocates contend will deter HIV testing and treatment.

Nobel Prize winning Chemist Dr. Kary Mullis publishes the book Dancing Naked in the Mind Fields. AIDS is among many topics covered in this eclectic work. Dr. Mullis doesn't think HIV has been proven to cause AIDS.

In June, former New York Native publisher Chuck Ortleb publishes the book Iron Peter. This satirical and fictional work looks at the AIDS establishment and how it treats a young and gorgeous AIDS dissenter.

In August in Los Angeles, two AIDS establishment scientists (Dr. Ralph Frerichs and Dr. Roger Detels) agree to debate AIDS reappraisers Christine Maggiore and Dr. David Rasnick at Emerson Middle School. The event is moderated by ABC radio talk show host Frank Sontag.

African historian Dr. Charles Geshekter publishes "The Epidemic of African AIDS Hysteria" in The Citizen in September. In this article, Dr. Geshekter examines the oddities of African AIDS.

British journalist and documentarian Joan Shenton publishes the book Positively False: Exposing the Myths Around HIV and AIDS.