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, the University of Alabama’s College of Community Health Sciences established.
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 Internationalï¾’s flagship publications. Though no longer published,…
In 1971, Linus Pauling, American scientist, peace activist, and educator, measured more than 200 chemicals compunds (VOCs) in…
In 1971, John Vane discovered how aspirin worked, a finding that a daily low dose of aspirin prevents…
In 1971, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended discontinuation of routine vaccination for smallpox…
In 1971, the National Center for Toxiclogical Research was established in the biological facilities of the Pine Bluff…
In 1971, G. Denman Hammond, M.D., a renowned pediatric oncologist at Childrens Hospital Los Angeles and leader in…
In 1971, Stanford Hospital staffers tried a novel approach to provide aid for stroke victims. By writing the…
In 1971, Stanford Medicine researchers discovered RNA priming of DNA synthesis.
In 1971, Stanford Medicine hosted the first multicenter trial to demonstrate that lowering cholesterol levels prevents heart disease.
In 1971, Paul Berg of Stanford University spliced the DNA of viruses into the first recombinant molecules. Bergï¾’s…
In 1971, the Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institution was established is one of the world’s leading non-profit oceanographic research…