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United States. Public Health Service (201)

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In April 1955 the Department of HEW licensed 6 companies to distribute a newly-developed polio vaccine developed by Jonas Salk of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis. The vaccine's effectiveness had been endorsed by NIH and the Surgeon General. Shortly after the vaccine was distributed, however, Cutter laboratory's allotment was found to be tainted and a cause of 72 new cases of polio. Responding to the crisis, the U.S. Public Health Service directed CDC epidemiologist Alexander L...

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Minnesota. Dept. of Health. (99)

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The Health Facility Advisory Council was established in 1951 as the Health Facility Advisory Board [Minn. Laws 1951 c304 s9]. It was changed to council in 1975 [Minn. Laws 1975 c234]. Consisting of nine members representing the state's hospitals, homes for chronic convalescent patients, doctors, county welfare boards, and the commissioner of the health (and later, public welfare) department, the council assisted in the development and revision of rules that set the minimum standards for Minne...

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American public health association (86)

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The American Public Health Association was founded in 1872 as a professional organization of physicians, nurses, educators, sanitary engineers, environmentalists, social workers, optometrists, podiatrists, pharmacists, dentists, hygienists, and other community health specialists. In pursuit of its goal of protecting and promoting personal and environmental health, the APHA offers services including the promulgation of standards, the establishment of uniform practices and procedures, developme...

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National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (128)

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Brief biographies of selected NIH Directors: Rolla E. Dyer directed the National Institutes of Health from 1942 to 1950. Specializing in infectious diseases, Dyer joined the Public Health Service in 1916. As NIH Director he was instrumental in the establishment of the Clinical Center, the National Heart Institute, the National Institute of Dental Research, and the National Institute of Mental Health. An international authority on nutrition and dietary deficiency disease, William H. Sebrell be...

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Oregon. Health Division Health Status Monitoring Vital Statistics. (53)

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Alabama. Dept. of Public Health. (95)

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Sources: Alabama Government Manual, 1982. Alabama Official and Statistical Register, 1979. Code of Alabama 1975, Sec. 22-2-1 to 22-2-14. Acts 1874-1875, No. 34, Feb. 19, 1875. Code of Alabama 1940, Title 22, Sec. 9. Dept. of Public Health, 1988 Annual Report. The State Department of Public Health exercises general control over the enforcement of laws relating to public health. The principal goal o...

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National Institute of Health (U.S.) (91)

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The U.S. Hygienic Laboratory was established in 1887 under the U.S. Marine Hospital Service. It became a part of the U.S. Public Health Service in 1912. In 1930 the facility was renamed the National Institute of Health. The U.S. Hygienic Laboratory was established in 1887 under the U.S. Marine Hospital Service. It became a part of the U.S. Public Health Service in 1912. Upon passage of the Ransdell bill in 1930, the name of the Hygienic Laboratory was changed to National...

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Harvard School of Public Health (81)

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The Harvard School of Public Health began as a cooperative program between Harvard University and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The School for Health Officers of Harvard University and M.I.T. opened in 1913 as the first formally organized school of public health in the U.S. The name of the school was changed to Harvard-M.I.T. School of Public Health in 1918, and courses in industrial hygiene were offered in that year. In 1922 the school was reorganized under the direction of Harvard...

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Alabama. County Health Depts. (48)

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New York State Office of Mental Health (147)

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Previously known as the Buffalo State Hospital, the facility became Buffalo Psychiatric Center according to Chapter 558 of the Laws of 1974. The original cemetery was started at Willard Asylum for the Insane (as the facility was then called) in 1870. Included in the original cemetery grounds was a Civil War cemetery for patients who were veterans. Patients were accorded burial according to religious denomination. A Jewish cemetery was started on January 15,...

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