May 12-18 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, English scientist 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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It is a Small World
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Science Quote
"Science is not formal logic–it needs the free play of the mind in as great a degree as any other creative art. It is true that this is a gift which can hardly be taught, but its growth can be encouraged in those who already posses it."
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Max Born, German Physicist, (Nobel Laureate, 1954)
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(1882-1970)
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