On Dec. 17, 1953, Howard Hughes signed documents that created the Howard Hughes Medical Institute, formed with the…
In 1948, Dr. Isabel M. Morgan led a team that successfully inoculated monkeys with a killed-virurs vaccine. From…
In 1943, U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases (USAMRIID) established at Fort Detrick, Maryland.
In 1923, the Priestley Medal, named for Joseph Priestley, was awarded for first time by the American Chemical…
On Nov. 2, 1918, Baltimore health commissioner Dr. John Blake removed the city’s closure order. Public schools were…
On Oct. 11, 1918, Baltimore health commissioner Dr. John Blake ordered all churches and poolrooms closed, and hinted…
On Oct. 10, 1918, Baltimore Health Commissioner Blake restricted business hours for department, retail, and specialty stores. He…
On Oct. 8, 1918, the Baltimore school board decided to take unilateral action and to close all public…
On Oct. 1, 1918, Baltimore city Health Commissioner Dr. John Blake asked streetcars and theaters to increase ventilation…
On Sept. 29, 1918, Baltimore’s health department admitted to increasing cases of influenza but it was not yet…
In 1908, Drs. John F. Anderson, Leslie L. Lumsen and Wade H. Frost expanded scope of earlier typhoid…
In 1894, Thomas Caspar Gilchrist from the University of Maryland first identified blastomycosis. Gilchrist initially believed the disease…
On May 7, 1889, the Johns Hopkins medical hospital in Baltimore opened. Hopkins’ vision was a hospital that…
In 1871, Florence Sabin became the first woman to serve as a faculty member at Johns Hopkins. became…
On Sept. 17, 1838, Emory College classes began for fifteen students. The College was founded in 1836 by…
In 1836, Emory College was founded by a group of Methodists in Newton County that dedicated themselves to…