On Apr. 7, 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) was founded and is today the United Nations agency…
On Apr. 6, 1948, President Harry Truman appointed Leonard A. Scheele as U.S. Surgeon General.
In 1948, the Detroit Cancer Center was established from the union of the Detroit Institute for Cancer Research…
In 1948, the National Institute of Health was reorganized into the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Rocky…
In 1948, the American Chemical Society awarded the Priestley Medal to Edward R. Weidlein “to recognize distinguished services…
In 1948, Dr. Isabel M. Morgan led a team that successfully inoculated monkeys with a killed-virurs vaccine. From…
In 1948, Warfarin was introduced as a pesticide against rats and mice. Warfarin (a.k.a. Coumadin) is an anticoagulant…
In 1948, Elsie Taber joined the faculty of the Anatomy Department of the Medical College of South Carolina….
In 1948, George Hitchings and Hitchings and laboratory assistant Gertrude Elion synthesized 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP), an antimetabolite, to combat…
In 1948, the National Research Council established a library on the University of Saskatchewan campus to use chemistry…
In 1948, The Arthritis Foundation, the leading health organization addressing the needs of some 46 million Americans living…
In 1948, Nestle of Switzerland acquired Alcon, and in 2002 Nestle conducted an initial public offering of 25%…
In 1948, the Red Cross began the first nationwide blood program for civilians, at a collection center in…
In 1948, the National Cancer Institute’s grants program to medical, dental, and osteopathic schools was initiated for improvement…
In 1948, Chester Emmons from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases first pointed out reservoirs of…
In 1948, the Miller Amendment affirmed that the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act applied to goods regulated…
In 1948, the World Health Organization (WHO) Influenza Centre was established at the National Institute for Medical Research…
In 1948, pharmacologist Dr. Raymond P. Ahlquist of the Medical College of Georgia published research that laid the…
In 1948, the first series of successful operations was performed at Peter Bent Brigham for repair of stenotic…
On Nov. 13, 1947, The National Cancer Institute’s Research Grants and Fellowship Branch was established. It later became…
On Jul. 1, 1947, the National Malaria Eradication Program commenced. The Program was a cooperative of state and…
On Jul. 1, 1947, The National Cancer Institute was reorganized to provide an expanded program of intramural cancer…
On Jul. 1, 1947, commenced operations Program was a cooperative undertaking by state and local health agencies of…
On Jul. 1, 1947, Leonard Andrew Scheele became the third director of the National Cancer Institute, serving until…
On Mar. 5, 1947, ground was broken for the new University of Washington’s Health Sciences Building. The new…
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 new Communicable Disease Center in Atlanta, Georgia, acquires 15 acres from Emory College for a…
In 1947, the CDC established the Veterinary Public Health Division, focused on protecting and improving both animal and…
In 1947, the Priestley Medal was awarded to Warren K. Lewis by the American Chemical Society “to recognize…