August is National Immunization Awareness Month.
The goal of National Immunization Awareness Month (NIAM) is to increase awareness about
immunizations across the life span, from infants to the elderly.
Immunization is one of the most significant public health achievements of the 20th century.
Vaccines have eradicated smallpox, eliminated wild poliovirus in the U.S. and significantly
reduced the number of cases of measles, diphtheria, rubella, pertussis and other diseases.
But despite these efforts, people in the U.S. still die from these and other vaccine-preventable diseases.
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LifeScience Moment: German chemist Felix Hoffmann synthesized aspirin and heroin.
On August 10, 1897, German chemist Felix Hoffmann searching for something to relieve his father's arthritis synthesized acetylsalicylic acid (ASA)
aspirin and heroin, and Bayer began to market the substance as Aspirin.
Felix Hoffmann is generally recognized for the creating the first synthesized medically forms of heroin and aspirin. However,
this is disputed and others believe that Arthur Eichengrun was the real inventor. In 2002, Hoffmann was inducted into the US National Inventors Hall of Fame.
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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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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 a series of judgements, revised without ceasing."
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Pierre Emile Duclaux, French biochemist, bacteriologist
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(1840-1904)
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