The US Department of Health transfered responsibility for quarantine to the National Communicable Disease Center
In 1967, the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare transfered responsibility for quarantine to the National Communicable…
In 1967, the U.S. Department of Health, Education, and Welfare transfered responsibility for quarantine to the National Communicable…
In 1967, the Foreign Quarantine Service was transferred to CDC from the U.S. Public Health Service. The CDC…
On Nov. 11, 1938, Mary Mallon, also known as Typhoid Mary and the first person in the U.S.,…
On Jan. 2, 1919, Denver slowly returned to normal after its flu epidemic, and schools reopened. School teachers…
In 1919, Washington, D.C. suffered spikes in influenza cases throughout the remainder of 1918, and into early February…
In 1919, the University of Oregon in Eugene introduced the state’s first professional courses in nursing. The courses…
In 1919, by the end of the influenza epidemic, Philadelphia had suffered a terrible cost of 748 deaths…
On Dec. 30, 1918, Kansas City schools reopened as the influenza epidemic waned. The New Year came and…
On Dec. 24, 1918, on Christmas Eve, with the epidemic across Nebraska still raging, the state Board of…
On Dec. 12, 1918, following a second spike in influenza cases especially among schoolchildren, Louisville Health Officer Dr….
On Dec. 12, 1918, following an increase in influenza cases, Cincinnati Health Officer Dr. William H. Peters recommended…
On Dec. 10, 1918, following another increase in influenza cases among children, the Los Angeles Board of Education…
in 1919, thanks to Health Commissioner Dr. Max C. Starkloff’s strong leadership in the influenza epidemic, St. Louis…
On Dec. 1, 1918, following a lack of success in enforcement and compliance, the Denver mask order was…
On Nov. 30, 1918, after having reopened schools earlier in the month, Kansas City closed schools again following…
On Nov. 27, 1918, after a spike in influenza cases including several children, St. Louis health commissioner Dr….
On Nov. 24, 1918, Washington, D.C. commissioners removed restrictions on business hours related to the influenza epidemic. Residents…
On Nov. 22, 1918, following an increase in influenza cases after the Armistice celebration on Nov. 11, Denver…
By Nov. 20, 1918, over 18,000 influenza cases had been reported to Detroit’s Department of Health, and almost…
On Nov. 18, 1918, the Los Angeles Influenza Advisory Committee announced the end to the influenza ban, effective…
On Nov. 15, 1918, Minneapolis and St. Paul’s influenza closure orders were lifted. Vaudeville and burlesque and movie…
On Nov. 11, 1918, it was reported that influenza cases in Salt Lake City had dwindled enough that…
On Nov. 11, 1918, Albany’s theaters and schools reopened, signifying a return to normalcy after epidemic orders were…
On Nov. 11, 1918, the Cincinnati Board of Health agreed to lift influenza-related restrictions. Theaters, movie houses, churches,…
On Nov. 9, 1918, Los Angeles City Council enacted staggering hours to reduce crowding on streetcars to try…
On Nov. 9, 1918, St. Louis Health Commissioner Dr. Max C. Starkloff ordered all non-essential voters, businesses, and…
On Nov. 6, 1918, following improved influenza case numbers, the Kentucky Board of Health lifted the closure order…
On Nov. 4, 1918, Birmingham schools reopened. Other schools in the county remained closed for the time being….
On Nov. 3, 1918, it was becoming clear to all that St. Paul’s influenza situation was not improving,…
On Nov. 2, 1918, Baltimore health commissioner Dr. John Blake removed the city’s closure order. Public schools were…