May 9-15 is National Women's Health Week.
National Women’s Health Week is a weeklong health observance coordinated by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office on Women’s Health.
It brings together communities, businesses, government, health organizations, and other groups in an effort to promote women’s health.
It's never too early or late to work toward being your healthiest you! This National Women's
Health Week, we want to help you take control of your health. Take the first step! Join the
National Women's Health Week celebration and learn what you can do to lead a healthier l
ife at any age.
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LifeScience Moment: English scientist and physician Edward Jenner inoculated 8-year old James Phipps against smallpox.
On May 14, 1796, acientist and physician Edward Jenner inoculated 8-year old James Phipps with the world's first vaccine against smallpox.
For many years, Jenner had heard the tales that dairymaids were protected from smallpox naturally after having suffered from cowpox. Jenner concluded
that cowpox not only protected against smallpox but could be transmitted from one person to another as a deliberate mechanism of protection.
In early 1796, Jenner found a young dairymaid, Sarah Nelms, who had fresh cowpox lesions on her hands and arms, and used matter from Nelms'
lesions to inoculate Phipps. In July, Jenner inoculated the boy again, this time with matter from a fresh smallpox lesion. No disease developed.
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of life science companies through one-of-a-kind posters!
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It's a Small World
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Zika virus particles (red) shown in African green monkey kidney cells. Courest Zika virus particles (red) shown in African green monkey kidney cells. (Image courtesy NIAID)
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Science Quote
"Science is the labor and handicraft of the mind."
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Francis Bacon, English essayist and philosopher
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(1561-1626)
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to thank all of the front line workers who have supported us during the COVID-19 Pandemic, an historical crisis not
experienced since the Influenza Pandemic of 1918-19.
