In 1947, a combination diphtheria and tetanus toxoids for pediatric use was first licensed in the U.S. After…
In 1947, the Zika virus was first discovered during research supported by the Rockefeller Foundation to study the…
In 1947, during the seasonal flu epidemic, investigators determined that changes in the antigenic composition of circulating influenza…
In 1947, biochemist Yellapragada SubbaRow co-discovered the first cancer chemotherapy agent for children suffering from acute leukemia. While…
In 1947, Gerty Theresa Cori, nee Radnitz, was awarded a share of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or…
In 1947, Tyson Foods, based in Arkansas, was founded by John Tyson in 1935 who began the company…
In 1947, the Laboratory of Experimental Oncology (LEO) was founded as a collaborative effort between the city of…
In 1947, the CDC established the Veterinary Public Health Division, focused on protecting and improving both animal and…
In 1947, the CDC was established as a field station under the Chief of the Bureau of State…
In 1947, Velmer A. Fassel, an American chemist who developed the inductively coupled plasma, received in Ph.D. from…
In 1947, Sidney Farber, MD, founded a Children’s Cancer Research Foundation dedicated to providing children with cancer with…
In 1947, Carl Walter, John Merrill and George Thorn perfected the Kolff-Brigham artificial kidney for clinical use.
In 1947, The Lovelace Foundation for Medical Education and Research was founded.
In 1947, Governor Roy J. Turner launched a fund drive that spanned all 77 of Oklahoma’s counties. In…
In 1947, Dr. Jonas Salk was recruited from the University of Michigan by Dr. William S. McEllroy, dean…
In 1947, MCSC Assistant Professor of Surgery Horace G. Smithy designed valvulotome and pioneered mitral valve surgery. Smithyﾒs…
In 1947, Dr. Marie Maynard Daly became the first African American woman to receive a Ph.D. in chemistry…
On Oct. 2. 1946, the University of Washington (UW) formally opened a medical school as part of a…
On Aug. 28, 1946, Oklahoma’s Secretary of State Frank C. Carter granted the charter of the Oklahoma Medical…
On Aug. 3, 1946, the articles of incorporation were signed by Governor Roy J. Turner that established the…
In 1946, the Priestley Medal was awarded to Roger Adams by the American Chemical Society “to recognize distinguished…
On Jul. 1, 1946, the Communicable Disease Center (CDC) opened its doors and occupied one floor of a…
On Jul. 1, 1946, the National Cancer Institute cancer control program was established with appropriations to the states…
On Jul. 1, 1946, the office of Malaria Control in War Areas (MCWA) agency officially deactivated and the…
In 1946, the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine’s DVM degree was established. From 1946 to 1965…
In 1946, The Wake Forest University school accepted an invitation from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation to move…
In 1946, Squibb International was incorporated and the company expanded into South America and Europe while building manufacturing…
In 1946, In a period of 8 months, Robert J. Huebner, William L. Jellison, and their colleagues elucidated…
In 1946, fission-derived radioiodine became readily available as a by-product of the Manhattan project in Oak Ridge, TN….
In 1946, The Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital,Taplow, Berkshire, was built as a hospital for children which would…