Dec. 1-7 is National Influenza Vaccination Week.
The week-long emphasis on flu vaccination was established to highlight the importance of continuing influenza vaccination, as well as fostering
greater use of flu vaccine after the holiday season into January and beyond.
National Influenza Vaccination Week provides an opportunity for public health professionals, health care professionals, health
advocates, communities, and families from across the country to work together to promote flu vaccination before the traditional winter peak in flu activity.
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LifeScience Moment: The World Heath Organization announced that "smallpox has been eradicated from the world."
On Dec. 9, 1979, members of the World Heath Organization in Geneva announce that "smallpox has been eradicated from the world."
The last known natural case was in Somalia in 1977. Since then, the only known cases were caused by a laboratory accident in
1978 in Birmingham, England, which killed one person and caused a limited outbreak.
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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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Marburg Virus (Photo Credit: Frederick Murphy)
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Science Quote
"Why are things as they are and not otherwise?"
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Johannes Kepler, German astronomer
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(1571-1630)
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