Danaher Acquires Masimo for $9.9 Billion
On Feb. 17, 2026, Danaher announced a definitive agreement to acquire Masimo a leading specialty diagnostics provider of…
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FDA Expands Artificial Intelligence Capabilities with Agentic AI Deployment
On Dec. 1, 2025, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced the deployment of agentic AI capabilities…
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NIH to crack down on excessive publisher fees for publicly funded research
On Jul. 8, 2025, the the National Institutes of Health (NIH) announced plans to implement a new policy…
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WHO announced Recommendations for influenza vaccine for the 2025 southern hemisphere influenza season
On Sept. 27, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the recommendations for the viral composition of influenza…
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Biotechnology | Cardiology | Disease | Energy | Environmental | EPA | Neurology
The Environmental Protection Agency took final step in phaseout of leaded gasoline
On Jan. 29, 1996, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Carol M. Browner took the last steps concluding a…
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The NIH Revitalization Act of 1993 was signed
On Jun. 10, 1993, the U.S. Congress signed the National Institutes of Health Revitalization Act, P.L. 103-43. The…
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Biotechnology | CDC | Diagnostics | HIV | NIH | Therapeutics | U.S. Congress
The name ‘acquired immune deficiency syndrome,’ or AIDS, was selected for the new HIV disease
On Jul. 27, 1982, a meeting in Washington, DC, attended by federal officials, university researchers, community activists, and…
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Biology | Disease | Life Science History | NIH | Oncology | Therapeutics
President Nixon declared war on cancer creating the Cancer Centers Program of the National Cancer Institute
On Dec. 23, 1971, the National Cancer Act enacted by President Richard Nixon as part of the nation’s…
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The White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health recommended systematic review of GRAS substances
On Dec. 2, 1969, the White House Conference on Food, Nutrition, and Health (WHC) was a seminal event…
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The first Citizens Advisory Committee held a meeting in Washington, DC
On Feb. 3, 1955, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) first Citizens Advisory Committee (CAC) met in…
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Embryologist E.E. Just published The Biology of the Cell Surface
In 1939, embryologist E.E. Just published The Biology of the Cell Surface, and pioneered ideas about the importance…
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Washington DC influenza closure orders were rescinded, allowing churches to reopenﾠ
On Oct. 29, 1918, Washington D.C. influenza closure orders were rescinded, allowing churches to reopen on Thursday, October…
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In U.S. vs. Lexington Mill and Elevator Company, the Supreme Court issued its first ruling on food additives
On Feb. 24, 1914, the U.S. Supreme Court issued, in U.S. v. Lexington Mill and Elevator Company, its…
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The ‘Hanger Limb’ received a U.S. patent
On Feb. 4, 1871, James Edward Hanger, one the first amputees of the American Civil War, received a…
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James Edward Hanger becomes the first amputee of the American Civil War
On Jun. 3, 1861, James Edward Hanger becomes the first amputee of the American Civil War. By the…
