2015 Event Survivors of the Ebola virus in West Africa are now experiencing medical problems, such as joint pain and eye inflammation, which are sometimes so severe that the survivors are unable to work 2015 Event Hackers steal personal data on up to 80 million customers of health insurance provider Anthem, Inc.; though free credit monitoring is being offered to victims, such monitoring won't detect or prevent medical identity theft 2014 Event Studies on advice given by talk show host Dr. Mehmet Oz show that only about 46 percent of his suggestions are supported by medical evidence; critics accuse him of giving vague or inaccurate advice in order to provide entertainment value 2014 Event Martin Salia, a U.S. doctor who contracted Ebola while working in Sierra Leone, dies today in a Nebraska hospital; Salia was already in critical condition upon his arrival after medical transport from West Africa 2014 Event In addition to financial support and medical expertise, the U.S. is sending engineers to West Africa to build Ebola treatment clinics, will provide training for hundreds of healthcare workers, and will offer Ebola education packets to the public 2014 Event Medical worker Nancy Writebol, the second of two Americans to contract the Ebola virus in Liberia, joins Dr. Kent Brantly at Emory University Hospital for treatment; both patients are receiving an experimental drug that has not been tested on humans 2014 Event Dr. Kent Brantly, one of two American medical workers who contracted the Ebola virus in Liberia, arrives in the U.S. for treatment in isolation at Emory University Hospital; the virus has already claimed hundreds of lives in West Africa 2014 Event Tennis champion Serena Williams beats Karolina Pliskova in her first game since leaving the Wimbledon games on July 1st due to illness; Williams will undergo future medical tests to confirm whether the illness was caused by a virus 2014 Event New York Governor, Mario Cuomo, plans to announce executive action to loosen marijuana laws, allowing use of the drug for medical purposes 2013 Event Amidst criticism for its lack of help in the wake of Typhoon Haiyan, China's 'Peace Ark', a 14,000-ton navy hospital ship, is sent to the Philippines to help its relief efforts'; the country also sent an emergency medical team and a disaster relief team from the Chinese Red Cross 2013 Event 'Panorama,' a BBC documentary series airing unseen footage from the Hillsborough disaster in 1989, casts doubt on medical evidence provided from testimony in the case 2013 Event South Africa's former President Nelson Mandela is released from the hospital after having "successful" medical tests; prior reports stated he was hospitalized for a routine checkup 2012 Event A study conducted at the University of Rochester Medical Center in Rochester, New York, announces the a harmful type of space radiation may accelerate the development of Alzheimer's disease 2012 Event Medical textbooks require rewriting after 39-year-old Canadian Scott Routley becomes the first person believed to be in a vegetative state to tell scientists he isn't in any pain 2012 Event U.S. voters in the state of Massachusetts approve a referendum legalizing the use of medical marijuana; Colorado and Washington approve the legalization of recreational use of the drug 2012 Event The Dutch non-profit organization's Women on Waves abortion rights activist ship, which provides abortions and related medical services to women from countries with restrictive abortion laws, was blocked from entering Morocco's port of Smir 2012 Event A Harvard Medical School study claims that red meat increases the risk of death and has additional negative health implications 2011 Event Aretha Franklin, singer and the 'Queen of Soul', announces she has overcome medical ailments and plans to return to the stage 2010 Event A professor searching into medical records of playwright Bertolt Brecht discovers he may have died after contracting undiagnosed rheumatic fever as a child 1997 Death Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist, dies at 73 1997 Death Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher, dies at 95 1996 Death Michael Geoffrey Corcos, medical researcher, dies at 77 1996 Death Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer, dies at 79 1996 Death Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker, dies at 86 1995 Death Madeleine Gillian Jinkinson, medical administrator, dies at 59 1994 Event Maggie Will wins Children's Medical Center LPGA Golf Classic 1993 Death Hetty de Boer-Jongkind, Dutch medical astrologist, dies at 42 1987 Death L. T. Coggeshall, medical scientist and Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare 1956 - 1958, dies at 86 1987 Death Peter Brian Medawar, medical scientist, dies 1986 Event Mrs Davina Thompson makse medical history by having the 1st heart, lung and liver transplant (Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, England) 1980 Event Reagan said he would submit to periodic medical tests 1979 Event Deposed Shah of Iran arrives in New York for medical treatment 1978 Death James Daly, actor (Medical Center), dies at 59 1978 Event Supreme Court orders California medical school to admit Allan Bakke a white man claiming reverse discrimination when application was rejected 1976 Birthday Vanessa Kerry, born in Boston, Massachusetts, medical resident, daughter of John Kerry, campaigned with her father in the 2004 Presidential election 1967 Birthday Sherry Strinfield, born in Colorado Springs, Colorado, actress, known for role as Dr. Susan Lewis on medical television drama, ER 1964 Birthday Peter Berg, born in New York City, New York, actor, film director, producer, known for role as Dr. Billy Kronk on television medical drama 'Chicago Hope', directed films 'The Kingdom', 'Hancock' 1964 Birthday Michelle Obama, born in Chicago, Illinois, maiden name, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson, first African-American First Lady of the United States, husband to Barack Obama, 44th President of the United States, employed by Sidley Austin law firm and University of Chicago Medical Center 1961 Event Fidel Castro announces Cuba will release 1,113 prisoners from failed 1961 Bay of Pigs Invasion for $62M worth of food and medical supplies 1961 Event British minister Enoch Powell makes medical insurance more expensive 1960 Birthday Mark Sanford, born in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, politician, Republican, 115th Governor of South Carolina, U.S. Air Force Reserve medical administration officer 1951 Birthday Hetty de Boer-Jongkind, founder, Vakvereniging Medical Astrology 1950 Birthday Ernest Thompson, Bellows Fall Vt, actor, Sierra, Westside Medical 1950 Event 1st woman medical officer assigned to naval vessel (BR Walters) 1949 Event 1st 12 women graduate from Harvard Medical School 1948 Event 1st U.S. woman army officer not in medical corps sworn-in 1938 Event 1st U.S. law requiring medical tests for marriage licenses 1936 Birthday Chad Everett, born in South Bend, Indiana, actor, Medical Center, Airplane II 1936 Birthday Madeleine Gillian Jinkinson, medical administrator 1934 Birthday George Stamatoyannopoulos, born in Greece, medical genetics researcher 1932 Birthday David Plastow, CEO, Medical Research Council 1929 Event Medical diathermy machine 1st used, Schenectady, New York 1926 Birthday Donald Acheson, England's chief medical officer 1926 Death Camillo Golgi, Italian medical research (malaria, Nobel 1906), dies at 81 1924 Birthday John Kilgour, director of prison medical services, Home Office 1923 Birthday Ian Arthur Hoyle Munro, medical journalist 1921 Birthday Rosalyn Yalow, medical physicist 1921 Birthday Rosalyn Yalow, famed award winning medical physicist 1920 Event Israel publishes it's 1st medical journal "Ha-Refuah" 1920 Birthday William Butterfield, born in England, born William John Hughes Butterfield, Lord Butterfield, life peer as Baron Butterfield of Stechford, Order of the British Empire, medical researcher, clinician, administrator 1919 Birthday Michael Geoffrey Corcos, medical researcher 1918 Birthday James Daly, Wisconsin, actor, Medical Center 1917 Birthday Hugh Joseph Charles James L'Etang, medical writer 1914 Birthday Jonas Salk, born in New York City, medical reseacher, polio vaccine 1910 Birthday Lord Richardson, president, General Medical Council 1910 Birthday Agnes Beatrice Read, medical social worker 1901 Birthday Charles Huggins, surgeon/medical researcher 1901 Birthday L T Coggeshall, medical scientist/ U.S. Secretary of HEW, 1956 - 1958 1892 Event Dr. Miles V Lynk, physician, publishes 1st Black medical journal 1884 Event National Medical Association of Black physicians organizes in Atlanta 1881 Birthday Evert Gorter, founder of Dutch medical child care 1876 Event Meharry Medical College forms at Central Tennesse College 1865 Birthday Wilfred Grenfell, England, medical missionary 1864 Event Rebecca Lee (U.S.) becomes 1st black woman to receive a medical degree 1864 Birthday Rebecca Lee, 1st black woman to get a medical degree 1850 Event 1st women's medical school (Women's Medical College of Penns), opens 1850 Event Woman's Medical College of Penn (1st female medical school) 1849 Event Elizabeth Blackwell becomes 1st woman in U.S. to receive medical degree 1848 Event Female Medical Educational Society forms in Boston 1848 Event 1st U.S. woman's medical school opens (Boston) 1848 Event 1st U.S. homeopathic medical college opens in Pennsylvania 1847 Event American Medical Association organizes in Philadelphia 1847 Event American Medical Association organized (Philadelphia) 1833 Birthday Samuel A. Mudd, doctor, convicted of giving medical aid to JW Booth 1818 Event U.S. Medical Corp forms 1815 Birthday Horace Wells, dentist, pioneered use of medical anethesia 1812 Birthday Marin R Delany, Charlestown, Virginia, 1st black major in U.S. Medical Corp 1804 Death Simon Style, Fries medical/writer, dies at 73 1799 Death Joseph Black, Scottish medical/chemist/physicist, dies at 71 1776 Death Anton de Haen, medical Ratio medendi, dies at 71 1765 Event 1st U.S. medical college opens in Philadelphia 1738 Death Hermannus Boerhaave, medical/botanist, dies at 69 1704 Birthday Anton de Haen, medical expert, Ratio Medendi 1677 Death Angelus Silesius [Johann Scheffer], German medical/mystic poet, dies 1677 Event 1st medical publication in America (pamphlet on smallpox), Boston 1668 Birthday Hermannus Boerhaave, Dutch medical/botanist 1605 Death Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical, dies at 82 1575 Death Hadrianus Junius, Adriaen the Jonghe, medical/historian, dies at 63 1522 Birthday Ulisse Aldrovandi, Italian biologist/medical 1511 Birthday Hadrianus Junius, Adriaen de Jonghe, medical/historian/humanist
