On Jan. 23, 2026, a case-control study published in The Journal of Pediatrics reports that routine childhood vaccinations,…
On Sept. 10, 2025, Exact Sciences announced the launch of the Cancerguard™ test, a new multi-cancer early detection…
On Jul. 31, 2025, Susan Monarez, Ph.D., was sworn in as Director of the U.S. Centers for Disease…
On Jul. 28, 2025, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) and Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research…
In Feb. 26, 2025, Eli Lilly announced that it plans to bolster its domestic medicine production across therapeutic…
On Oct. 28, 2024, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers reported that a strain of H5N1 avian influenza virus found…
On Sept. 27, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced the recommendations for the viral composition of influenza…
On May 24, 2024, a team led by University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists reported that consuming raw cow’s milk…
On Mar. 14, 2022, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection (APHIS) Service confirmed…
On Mar. 10, 2022, schools with mandatory masking during the Delta surge had approximately 72% fewer cases of…
On Nov. 27, 2020, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced that it had confirmed cases of SARS-CoV-2…
Wisconsin Life Science Genealogy illustrates life science companies and non-profit research organization in the State of Wisconsin by…
On May 2, 2008, Gov. Jim Doyle and UW–Madison alumni John and Tashia Morgridge joined the UW–Madison community…
On Sept. 1, 2006, President Bush appointed John E. Niederhuber, M.D., to be the 13th director of the…
On Apr. 3, 2006, UW Madison alumni John and Tashia Morgridge pledged $50 million – the largest individual…
On May 7, 2004, the Health Sciences Learning Center opened near the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics….
In 2004, Wisconsin Governor Jim Doyle proposed the Wisconsin Institutes for Discovery (WID), a UW-Madison research enterprise, to…
On Jul. 8, 2003, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responded to U.S. outbreak of…
In Jan. 1999, the Carbone Cancer Center and McArdle Laboratories merged and began to function as a single…
On Nov. 26, 1998, Wisconsin biologist James Thomson reported the first isolation and culturing of human embryonic stem…
On Apr. 22, 1990, the second Earth Day was celebrated by more than 225 million people. The first…
On Apr. 24, 1987, Advanced Genetic Sciences (AGS) sprayed Frostban on an acre of strawberry plants in Brentwood,…
In 1984, the University of Wisconsin University Research Park was founded to encourage technology transfer and create an…
In 1983, Dr. Tak Wah Mak co-discovered the T-cell receptor and the gene that produces it. Dr. Mak…
On Jul. 27, 1979, the last cases of wild type 1 poliovirus occurred in the U.S. among unvaccinated…
In 1978, the Carbone Cancer Center Clinical Sciences Center was completed in January adding over 70,000 square feet…
On Apr. 22, 1976, the U.S. Congress passed the Vitamin-Mineral Amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic…
In 1973, the University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center received National Cancer Center designation from the National Cancer…
On Apr. 22, 1970, the first Earth Day was held and the modern environmental movement was born. A…
On Oct. 3, 1969, a proposal to establish “Earth Day” was submitted by John McConnell to Peter Tamaris…