On Apr. 6, 1977, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now Department of Health and Human Services)…
In 1977, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) isolated Legionella pneumophila, which caused a deadly…
In 1976, Influenza A/Victoria-like strains had been identified in New Jersey as early as January 21. The novel…
In 1976, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was involved in a national immunization program…
In 1976, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) became the home for the National Clearinghouse…
In 1976, patients began presenting at a rural hospital in northwest Democratic Republic of Congo (then referred to…
In 1976, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Environmental Services Division revealed blood lead levels…
In 1975, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the vessel sanitation program alongside the…
In 1974, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began investigating liver cancer deaths in Louisville,…
In 1974, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began to monitor trend rates for hospital-acquired…
In 1973, The National surveillance of Reye syndrome began in 1973 when the Center for Disease Control and…
In 1973, the Office of Biosafety, now known as the Division of Laboratory Systems (DLS) was established at…
In 1972, The CDC launched a national gonorrheaﾠcontrol program. Rates of gonorrhea decreased after the National Gonorrhea Control…
In 1972, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) began a Preventative Medicine Residency (PMR/F) program…
On May, 24, 2023, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that nearly 12 of every 100…
In 1971, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended discontinuation of routine vaccination for smallpox…
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 1970, the National Communicable Disease Center (NCDC) was renamed the Center for Disease Control (CDC). The scope…
In 1970, the National Nosocomial Infections Surveillance system was established by the CDC for monitoring infections acquired in…
In 1970, the Nutrition Program was transferred to the CDC to asses severe nutrition in the U.S. and…
In 1969, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) opened its first permanent high-containment laboratory (HCL)…
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 1967, the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare transfered responsibility for quarantine to the National Communicable…
In 1967, the Foreign Quarantine Service was transferred to CDC from the U.S. Public Health Service. The CDC…
In 1967, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the Metropolitan Atlanta Congenital Defects Programﾠ(MACDP),…
In January 1966, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Smallpox Eradication Program was established in…