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A pandemic planning framework was published by the World Health Organization

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A pandemic planning framework was published by the World Health Organization

In April 1999, a pandemic planning framework was published by the World Health Organization (WHO) that emphasized the…

first human case of mpox Reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo

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first human case of mpox Reported in the Democratic Republic of Congo

In 1970, the first human case of mpox was reported in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)…

mpox was first discovered

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mpox was first discovered

In 1958, mpox (MPVX) was first discovered when two nonfatal outbreaks of a pox-like disease were reported in…

Henrietta Lacks died from cervical cancer, and HeLa cell line was born

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Henrietta Lacks died from cervical cancer, and HeLa cell line was born

On Feb. 8, 1951, Henrietta Lacks, a tobacco farmer from Virginia died from cervical cancer, and a scientist…