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Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Logo - CDC Photograph - Alex Brandon

Logo - CDC Photograph - Alex Brandon, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, CDC - Logo AP - Photograph, 2006 - Logo 2020 April - Photograph

 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is the leading, national public health institute of the United States. It is a United States…

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Rudolf Jaenisch, Sam Ogden

Sam Ogden, Rudolf Jaenisch, Whitehead Institute, June 2003

Rudolf Jaenisch (born 22 April 1942) is a Professor of Biology at MIT and a founding member of the Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research. He is…

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U.S. National Library of Medicine, First photo - U.S. Government Printing Office. Second photo - U.S. National Library of Medicine

First photo - U.S. Government Printing Office. Second photo - U.S. National Library of Medicine, U.S. National Library of Medicine, National Library of Medicine, First photo - 1945. Second photo - 1999

The National Library of Medicine (NLM), on the campus of the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Maryland, has been a center of information…

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World Health Organization Archives, World Health Organization

World Health Organization, World Health Organization Archives, World Health Organization, 1995

A WHO poster commemorating the eradication of smallpox, stored in the archives.

The World Health Organization retains their own records and…

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Louis Pasteur, Discoverer of Lifesaving Vaccines, Albert Gustaf Aristedes Edelfelt

Albert Gustaf Aristedes Edelfelt, Louis Pasteur, Discoverer of Lifesaving Vaccines, Albert Gustaf Aristedes Edelfelt, 1885

Louis Pasteur (December 27, 1822 – September 28, 1895) was a French His discoveries reduced mortality from puerperal fever, and he created the first…

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Finding a Cure for Huntington's Disease, Columbia University

Columbia University, Finding a Cure for Huntington's Disease, Columbia University, None

For her groundbreaking work in the scientific and public arenas towards finding a cure for Huntington's disease and for increasing awareness of all…

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Penicillin, Imperial War Museum

Imperial War Museum, Penicillin, Imperial War Museum, Between 1939 and 1945 - first photo, July 20 2009 - second photo

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Public Health Poster, National Library of Medicine

National Library of Medicine, Public Health Poster, National Library of Medicine, Mid 1940s

In midcentury, public health groups took cues from the advertising industry to warn of various health risks. A retrospective of 20th-century health…

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Diphtheria Strikes, Chicago Department of Health

Chicago Department of Health, Diphtheria Strikes, Library of Congress, 1941

This poster is one of the 907 posters produced by Work Projects Administration (WPA) from 1936 to 1943 by various branches of the WPA.The posters…

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Will You Be a Free Man or Chained, Social Hygiene Division Army Educational Commission

Social Hygiene Division Army Educational Commission, Will You Be a Free Man or Chained, U.S. National Library of Medicine, 1918

This poster, released by the Social Hygiene Division (Army Educational Commission) was designed to spread awareness about venereal disease. This…

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Dr. Emil Kakkis, American Geneticist, Business Journals

Business Journals, Dr. Emil Kakkis, American Geneticist, Business Journals, Unknown

Dr. Emil Kakkis is an American geneticist who works to fight against rare diseases and disorders. In 2009, Emil Kakkis created the Kakkis EveryLife…

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