The Straus Historical Society, Nathan Straus: Milk Depot, The Straus Historical Society, 1893
After the Civil War, there was some recognition that the quality of the milk sold to the city's poor was substandard. Small, but unsuccessful, efforts…
U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, U.S. Department of Labor, No date given
The Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) was passed to prevent workers from being killed or seriously harmed at work. This law created…
CDC/ Mary Hilpertshauser, Polio Campaign, 1963, CDC, 1963
In 1961, oral polio vaccine (OPV) was invented by Dr Albert Sabin and introduced in the US. Sabin’s strategy was to give trivalent OPV to all children…
National Archives & National Library of Medicine, Public Health Posters, National Archives & National Library of Medicine, 1944 - First Picture, 1940s - Second Picture
In midcentury, public health groups took cues from the advertising industry to warn of various health risks. A retrospective of 20th-century health…
Bain News Service, Stephen Smith, Founder of the American Public Health Association, Library of Congress, 1-Jan-14
Stephen Smith, a physician and attorney, served on the New York City's Metropolitan Health Board and founded the American Public Health Association in…