On Jun. 26, 1987, it was announced that the National Center for Health Statistics ﾠ(NCHS) had become an…
On Nov. 14, 1986, the U.S. Congress created the National Vaccine Program (NVP) to coordinate the vaccine research…
On Oct. 27, 1986, President Ronald Reagan signed the the Anti-Drug Abuse Act of 1986. The Act changed…
In 1986, the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act was enacted by Congress. The Department of Health and Human…
On Nov. 20, 1985, the Health Research Extension Act of 1985 (P.L. 99-158) was signed into law by…
On Sept. 21, 1983, Sickle Cell Month was officially recognized nationally when the U.S. House of Representatives unanimously…
On Feb. 7, 1983, Rita M. Lavelle, head of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Superfund program to clean…
On Jan. 3, 1983, the Orphan Drug Act was passed by the U.S. Congress with the leadership of…
On Nov. 5, 1982, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) published requirements of the tamper-resistant packaging (TRP)…
On Jul. 27, 1982, a meeting in Washington, DC, attended by federal officials, university researchers, community activists, and…
In 1982, the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program, administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), was…
On Oct. 24, 1988, the first lupus awareness observance which occurred in 1977 was moved to Oct. in…
On Jul. 1, 1981, as a result of the enactment of Public Law 96-611 passed by the U.S….
In 1981, Filipino and American scientist Dr. Roseli Ocampo-Friedmann received the U.S. Congressional Antarctic Service Medal for her…
On Dec. 17, 1980, the Health Programs Extension Act of 1980 (P.L. 96-538), introduced by Sen. Edward Kennedy,…
On Dec. 12, 1980, a bill to amend title 35 of the United States Code (H.R.6933, Public Law:…
On Dec. 11, 1980, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, was…
In 1980, Established in 1980, the award commemorates Vannevar Bush, a science advisor to President Roosevelt during World…
In 1980, the National Science Board (NSB) announced that James R. Killian, Jr. was the recipient of its…
In 1980, the Infant Formula Act is one of the most specific and detailed acts ever passed by…
In 1980, U.S. Congressional hearings on proposed amendments to expand the 1970 Plant Variety Protection Act turn into…
In 1980, the U.S. Congress created the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR), based in Atlanta,…
On Dec. 27, 1979, the U.S. Congress approved the change of the Laboratory’s name to Lawrence Livermore National…
On Dec. 6, 1979, public Law 96-164 [S. 673] passed by the U.S. Congress, was signed by President…
On Oct. 3, 1978, the University of Washington Health Sciences Building was renamed the Magnuson Health Sciences Center…
On Nov. 23, 1977, the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act was enacted by the U.S. Congress to stop…
On Aug. 31, 1977, in recognition of the seriousness of lupus and America’s commitment to its control, the…
On Apr. 6, 1977, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now Department of Health and Human Services)…
On Apr. 22, 1976, the U.S. Congress passed the Vitamin-Mineral Amendment to the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic…
In 1976, The U.S. Congress passed the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) which provided the U.S. Environmental Protection…