In 1969, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) began administering Sanitation Programs for milk, shellfish, food service, and…
In 1969, three rubella virus strains were licensed in the U.S.: HPV-77 strain grown in dog-kidney culture (Rubelogen…
In 1969, Max Delbruck of the California Institute of Technology was awarded the 1969 Nobel Prize in Physiology…
In 1969, live, attenuated rubella vaccines were first licensed in the U.S., and a vaccination program was established…
In 1969, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) opened its first permanent high-containment laboratory (HCL)…
In 1969, Massachusetts General Hospital cardiac surgeons collaborated in the development of an intra-aortic balloon catheter.
In 1969, the Michigan Cancer Foundation’s cancer registry began recording every incidence of cancer in southeastern Michigan. It…
In 1969, Alfred Hershey received the Nobel Prize in 1969 for his discovery that DNA is the molecule…
In 1969, the Medical College of South Carolina (MCSC) became the Medical University of South Carolina. All of…
In 1969, Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center was founded in Lubbock, Texas. In 1974 construction began on…
In 1969, Dr. Ed Webster joined the Swedish Tumor Institute as its first chemotherapy oncologist. The Instutute opened…
In 1969, Advanced Technology Laboratories was founded in 1969 and became one of the leading diagnostic ultrasound imaging…
On Dec. 3, 1968, the Medical University of South Carolina (MCSC) performed its first organ transplant (renal) and…
On Nov. 26, 1968, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed a second live, further attenuated measles…
In 1968, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to William G. Young “to recognize distinguished services…
On May 3, 1968, Denton Cooley at Baylor University College of Medicine transplanted the heart of a fifteen…
On Apr. 7, 1968, the FDA Bureau of Drug Abuse Control and Treasury Department Bureau of Narcotics were…
On Mar. 8, 1968, the term Green Revolution was coined by William Gaud during a speech as administrator…
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, 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.