On Dec. 23, 1971, the National Cancer Act enacted by President Richard Nixon as part of the nation’s…
On Dec. 23, 1971, President Richard M. Nixon converted the Army’s former biological warfare facilities at Ft. Detrick,…
On Sept. 29, 1971, the artificial sweetener saccharin, included in FDA’s original GRAS list, was removed from the…
On Jun. 3, 1971, the MCSC School of Dental Medicine graduated its first class. Dr. Cathy Moss was…
On May 17, 1971, The Public Health Service’s Bureau of Radiological Health was transferred to the FDA.
On May 1, 1971, the Federal Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970, more commonly known…
On Apr. 22, 1971, Combined measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine (MMR by Merck) as well as combined measles…
In 1971, the American Chemical Society announced the Priestley Medal was awarded to Frederick D. Rossini by the…
On Feb 8, 1971, the NASDAQ Stock Market was founded as the world’s first electronic stock market by…
On Jan. 20, 1971, the Institute of Medicine, now the the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), began operations….
On Jan. 6, 1971, research scientists at the University of California Medical Center announced they had synthesized the…
In 1971, the Food and Drug Administration approved using naloxone to treat overdoses. Naloxone is also referred to…
In 1971, Jane Wright became the first woman to be elected president of the New York Cancer Society….
In 1971, Squibb established worldwide headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey. It also expanded facilities for the Squibb Institute…
In 1971, the American Rheumatism Association, now known as the American College of Rheumatology, established a ‘Juvenile rheumatoid…
In 1971, The MD Anderson Cancer Center became one of the nation’s first NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers. Today,…
In 1971, Dr. Earl Sutherland of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine was awarded the Nobel Prize in…
In 1971, the South Carolina State University agricultural program was terminated and the college farm was transformed into…
In 1971, The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research was established by American businessman Daniel K. Ludwig to support…
In 1971, The Albert E instein Cancer Center (AECC) was established. The goals of AECC are to foster…
In 1971, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) was one of the first cancer centers in the U.S. to…
In 1971, The University of New Mexico Cancer Center was established by the state’s Legislature. Today, the Cancer…
In 1971, the National Center for Toxiclogical Research was established in the biological facilities of the Pine Bluff…
In 1971, the University of Alabama at Birmingham Comprehensive Cancer Center (UAB) was founded and received its NCI…
In 1971, The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was awarded jointly to Sir Bernard Katz, Ulf von…
In 1971, the Board of Directors of Lions Clubs International declared that Jun. 1 would be remembered as…
In 1971, the testing of donated blood for Hepatitis B surface antigen began. The hepatitis B virus was…
On May, 24, 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that nearly 12 of every 100…
In 1971, The PHS Bureau of Radiological Health transferred to FDA. Its mission: protection against unnecessary human exposure…
In 1971, The Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter was one of Bioversity Internationalﾒs flagship publications. Though no longer published,…