August is National Immunization Awareness Month.
The goal of National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is to increase awareness about
immunizations across the life span, from infants to the elderly.
Immunization is one of the most significant public health achievements of the 20th century.
Vaccines have eradicated smallpox, eliminated wild poliovirus in the U.S. and significantly
reduced the number of cases of measles, diphtheria, rubella, pertussis and other diseases.
But despite these efforts, people in the U.S. still die from these and other vaccine-preventable diseases.
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LifeScience Moment: President Roosevelt signed the National Cancer Institute Act.
The National Cancer Institute Act, P.L. 244, 75th Congress, was signed by President Franklin D. Roosevelt on August 5, 1937, "To provide for, foster,
and aid in coordinating research relating to cancer; to establish the National Cancer Institute; and for other purposes." An appropriation of $700,000 for
each fiscal year was authorized.
Congress made the NCI an operating division of the National Institutes of Health by the Public Health Service Act on July 1, 1944, and Congress
amended the Public Health Service Act with the National Cancer Act in 1971 that broaden the scope and responsibilities of the NCI "in order more effectively
to carry out the national effort against cancer."
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of the life science industry by state or province through one-of-a-kind posters
illustrating the founding technology origins of life science companies.
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It's a Small World
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Measles Virus (Photo Credit: Cynthia Goldsmith)
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Science Quote
"Life begets life. Energy becomes energy. It is by spending oneself that one becomes rich."
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Sarah Bernhardt, Actress,
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(1844-1923)
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