Reorganization of federal health programs placed FDA in the Public Health Service
In March 1968, a reorganization of federal health programs placed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in…
In March 1968, a reorganization of federal health programs placed the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in…
The 1968 pandemic, also known as the Hong Kong flu, was caused by an influenza A (H3N2) virus…
In 1968, Ted Stevens, Alaska’s senior Senator, was elected to the U.S. Congress. His tenure made him the…
In 1968, Dr. Josef Rosch developed the technique of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS). He also introduced embolic…
In 1968, The FAO created a Crop Ecology and Genetic Resources Unit to act as a clearinghouse for…
In 1968, The FDA formed the Drug Efficacy Study Implementation (DESI) to implement recommendations of the National Academy…
In 1968, Animal Drug Amendments placed all regulation of new animal drugs under one section of the Food,…
In 1968, Russia renamed the Lenin All-Union Institute of Plant Industry the N.I.Vavilov All-Union Institute of Plant Industry…
In 1968, Har Gobind Khorana won a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his…
In 1968, Merck Frosst Laboratories was created to act as the service company to the two sales companies…
In 1968, Stanford Medicine researchers discovered that insulin resistance is the principal physiologic characteristic of mild type-II diabetes…
In 1968, University of California, San Diego Medical Center surgeons performed the region’s first kidney transplant.
In 1968, a pandemic was caused by an influenza A (H3N2) virus comprised of two genes from an…
In 1968, The first identified cases of Pontiac fever occurred in Pontiac, Michigan, among people who worked at…
In 1968, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responded with famine relief in Nigeria during…
In 1968, the National Communicable Disease Center (NCDC) became a bureau of the U. S. Public Health Service.
In 1968, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started a tuberculosis surveillance system in the…
In 1968, Medtronic annual sales skyrocketed to more than $12 million, with the company reporting net income in…
In 1968, the world’s first successful bone-marrow transplant was completed at the University of Minnesota Hospital under the…
In 1968, the University of Pennsylvania Institute for Environmental Medicine was established in recognition of the increasing need…
In 1968, Gamborg Medium was developed by O.L. Gamborg as a medium of mineral salts, sucrose, vitamins and…
In 1968, St. Jude researchers find that chemotherapy is effective against Ewing sarcoma, one of the most frequent…
In 1968, Ivan R. Sabel founded Capital Orthopedics. In 1986, Colorado-based Sequel Corporation acquired Capital Orthopedics. As President…
In 1968, the first heart transplant at the Medical College of Virginia was performed by Dr. Richard R….
In 1968, Virginia Commonwealth University was created through the merger of Richmond Professional Institute and the Medical College…
In 1968, the Regional Lions Clubs band together to establish the Northwest Lions Eye Bank.
In 1968, an Institutional Patent Agreement was signed between the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) and Department of Health,…
On Dec. 28, 1967, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Mercks mumps virus vaccine live (MumpsVax)….
On Dec. 3, 1967, surgeon Christiaan Barnard performed the first human to human heart transplant in Cape Town,…
On Oct. 27, 1967, Dr. Lester R. Sauvage performed the first モbloodlessヤ open-heart surgery in the Northwest on…