Health

WHO Declares COVID-19 a Public Health Emergency (2020): On January 30, 2020, the World Health Organization declared the COVID-19 outbreak a Public Health Emergency of International Concern. This declaration was…

First Use of Insulin for Diabetes (1922): Insulin was used for the first time to treat diabetes on January 11, 1922. This medical breakthrough occurred at the Toronto General Hospital…

Surgeon General's Report on Smoking (1964): Luther Terry, the U.S. Surgeon General, released a groundbreaking report on January 11, 1964, conclusively linking cigarette smoking to lung cancer and other diseases.…

1989: World's First Living Liver Transplant On November 27, 1989, a groundbreaking medical procedure took place – the world's first successful living donor liver transplant. Performed at the University of…