The CDC recommended discontinuation of routine immunization and vaccination requirements for smallpoxᅠin the US
In 1971, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended discontinuation of routine immunization and vaccination…
In 1971, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended discontinuation of routine immunization and vaccination…
In 1971, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigated lead exposure in El Paso, Texas,…
In 1971, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) discovered that hepatitis B is sexually transmitted….
In 1971, University of Iowa dental researcher George Andreasen invented the nickel and titanium-alloy archwire, a flexible orthodontic…
In 1971, Squibb established worldwide headquarters in Princeton, New Jersey. It also expanded facilities for the Squibb Institute…
In 1971, The University of New Mexico Cancer Center was established by the state’s Legislature. Today, the Cancer…
In 1971, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center (MSK) was one of the first cancer centers in the U.S. to…
In 1971, The Albert E instein Cancer Center (AECC) was established. The goals of AECC are to foster…
In 1971, The Ludwig Institute for Cancer Research was established by American businessman Daniel K. Ludwig to support…
In 1971, the South Carolina State University agricultural program was terminated and the college farm was transformed into…
In 1971, Dr. Earl Sutherland of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine was awarded the Nobel Prize in…
In 1971, The MD Anderson Cancer Center became one of the nation’s first NCI-designated comprehensive cancer centers. Today,…
In 1971, the American Rheumatism Association, now known as the American College of Rheumatology, established a ‘Juvenile rheumatoid…
On Dec. 24, 1970, Congress enacted the Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) to extend patent protection to plant…
On Dec. 10, 1970, Norman Borlaug, from Cresco, Iowa, became the first plant breeder to accept the Nobel…
On Dec. 10, 1970, Norman Borlaug, University of Minnesota graduate in forestry and plant pathology was awarded the…
On Dec. 2, 1970, the EPA was established by President Richard Nixon with an Executive Order to consolidate…
On Nov. 25, 1970, the national panel of consultants submitted to the Senate committee a report entitled “National…
On Nov. 6, 1970, President Nixon nominated William D. Ruckelshaus to be the first Administrator of the U.S….
On Oct. 18, 1970, the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation was founded. The MacArthur’s business interests…
On Jul. 13, 1970, Carl Gwin Baker became the sixth director of the National Cancer Institute, serving until…
On Jun. 30, 1970, the Olin Corporation stopped manufacturing DDT after intense pressure from the Army and environmental…
On Apr. 27, 1970, at the request of Senator Ralph W. Yarborough, chairman of the Committee on Labor…
On Apr. 22, 1970, the first Earth Day was held and the modern environmental movement was born. A…
In 1970, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Max Tishler ‘for his numerous contributions to…
On Mar. 7, 1970, Medic One went into operation in King County, Washington as an on-the-scene, emergency response…
On Feb. 27, 1970, in Upjohn v. Finch the Court of Appeals upheld enforcement of the 1962 drug…
On Feb. 6, 1970, a report identified a coccidian parasite of cats with all non-feline warm blooded animals…
On Jan. 12, 1970, Seattle begans fluoridation of the water supply. The controversial action came more than a…
In 1970, the first human case of mpox was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…