Historical Highlights

By vclinical6

  • Pure Food and Drug Act of 1906 was passed

  • Licensing of Salk Polio Vaccine

    Licensing of Salk Polio Vaccine

  • Head Start Program

    Head Start Program

  • Medicare and Medicaid programs were created, making comprehensive health care available to millions of Americans.

    Medicare and Medicaid programs were created, making comprehensive health care available to millions of Americans.

  • The McKinney Act

    The McKinney Act is a United States federal law that provides federal money for homeless shelter programs.

  • HIPAA

    The Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act was implemented

  • Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness created

    Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness was created to coordinate efforts against bioterrorism and other emergency health threats.
  • Human Genome Project

    Human Genome Project

    Researchers from all over the world collaborated and successfully uncoded a complete DNA sequence of a human being.

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