Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month originated
In 1975, Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month originated when the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America and its…
In 1975, Sickle Cell Disease Awareness Month originated when the Sickle Cell Disease Association of America and its…
On Sept 2, 1974, Congressman John N. Erlenborn from Virgnia, the ranking Republican on the House Committee, was…
In 1974, n an attempt to bring order to the loosely structured state/federal new-crops research program, the National…
On Sept. 5, 1973, the President transmitted to Congress the first annual report of the director of the…
In 1973, Senator Norris Cotton secured a second federal grant of $500,000 to support cancer research at Geisel…
On Oct. 27, 1972, the Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSA) was enacted by Congress. The CPSA assumed programs…
May 1972 was declared ‘National Arthritis Month’ by Congress and President Nixon.
In 1972, The Norris Cotton Cancer Center was founded. The Center is named for the Senator Norris Cotton…
On Jan. 20, 1971, the Institute of Medicine, now the the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), began operations….
On Dec. 24, 1970, Congress enacted the Plant Variety Protection Act (PVPA) to extend patent protection to plant…
In 1970, Senator Norris Cotton secured a $3 million federal grant to build rural New England’s first regional…
In 1968, Ted Stevens, Alaska’s senior Senator, was elected to the U.S. Congress. His tenure made him the…
On Nov. 3, 1966, the Child Protection Act was passed by the U.S. Congress. The bill enlarged the…
On Oct. 15, 1966, the U.S. Congress enacted the National Sea Grant College Program Act. Today, the National…
On Aug. 24, 1966, the U.S. Congress passed legislation that became known as the Animal Welfare Act (P.L….
On Jul. 10, 1963, the U.S. FDA approved vincristine, a sister drug to vinblastine. The drug was established…
In 1963, the U.S. Congress established the Immunization Grant Program; polio incidence plummeted to only 396 reported cases…
On Oct. 10, 1962, the Kefauver-Harris Drug Amendments were signed into law by President Kennedy. The Legislation was…
On Mar. 15, 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed a Consumer Bill of Rights in a message to…
On Oct. 6, 1961, the National Congress on Medical Quackery convened in Washington, D.C. sponsored jointly by the…
In September 1961, U. S. Congress authorized the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to conduct a study of…
On Aug. 23, 1961, The Committee on the National Medal of Science was established by President John F….
On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy in his historic message to a joint session of the…
In 1961, Congress established National Poison Prevention Week to raise awareness, reduce unintentional poisonings, and promote poison prevention….
In Jun. 1960, the U.S. Congress passed an appropriations bill that included funding for a Federal Insect Laboratory…
On Aug. 25, 1959, the National Medal of Science was established by the 86th Congress as a Presidential…
On Sept. 6, 1958, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Food Additives Amendments were passed, requiring that…
On Apr. 1, 1955, the National Cancer Institute’s Cancer Chemotherapy National Service Center was established in the institute…
In 1955, the Polio Vaccination Assistance Act was enacted by Congress, the first federal involvement in immunization activities….
On Jul. 30, 1953, the U.S. Small Business Administration was official with the Small Business Act, but it…