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You will select an era and research 2 events from that period. Include your names on post, short description of the event and how you think it changed public health field and population health outcomes.

For finding information look at:

Look at the textbook

Resources like the WHO – Public health milestones through the years

Web and AI (verify the sources)

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Gabriella, Sandra, Sarah

During the renaissance era, the practice of autopsies became a common medical practice.

contributed to medical research

helped find the cause of death

developed forensic sciences

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Christian, Anthony, Lauryn, Victoria

•Florence Nightingale creating early PPE guidelines and being claimed as the mother of nursing.

•UK passing the Public Health Act of 1848 and creating the first General Board of Health for general sanitation and disease control.

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Alssana, Yassine, Justin

In 1854, John Snow studied epedimics and discovered cholera was caused by street pumps. He convinced the authorities to shut down the water pumps in the affected areas and as a result ended the epidemic.

In 1862, a man named Louis Pasteur proposed gene theory. This basically explained how pathogens worked, and how the spread of disease worked. He also coined the phrase "pasteurization", which is the heating of liquids to kill germs. A good example of this would be pasteurized milk.

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Jaylene, Katie, Zack

In 1854, Dr. John Snow theorized that waterborne diseases, like cholera, were caused by Broad Street Pumps. He removed the water pump handles and the epidemic subsided.

1863: Pasteur proposed germ theory- Pasteur’s germ theory disproved spontaneous generation and led to the pasteurization of milk; a big public health breakthrough that resulted from Pasteur's germ theory was vaccines for cholera, rabies and anthrax

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20th Century: Health Resources Development Period (1900-1960)

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20th Century: Health Resources Development Period (1900-1960)

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Tesnim Abbas, Tsion Tamrat, Zoe Walton

1935- Social Security Act passed in the United States

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1952- Joseph Murray performs the first kidney transplant

Helped patients with renal disease have the chance to live longer, and gave them the chance for improved quality of life.

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20th Century: Period of Social Engineering (1960-1973)

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20th Century: Period of Social Engineering (1960-1973)

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President LBJ establishes Medicare and Mediaid (1965)

More demand and degrees for healthcare professionals

Focus on outreach toward minorities, people of color, low income, elderly, etc

Recognition of chronic diseases like AIDS and cancer

Catherine, Melat, Eva, Guiyin

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20th Century: Period of Health Promotion (1974-2000)

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20th Century: Period of Health Promotion (1974-2000)

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Kyle, Jordan, Heba, Adham, Katerin

-AIDS/HIV Epidemic

-Crack Epidemic

-Start of opioid epidemic

-MRI Imagining

-First case of Ebola in 1976

-Parovirus B19

-1970s/1980s Tuberculosis resistance to drugs

-Healthy People Initiative (1979)

- Anti-Smoking Ad campaigns

-Adding fluoride to drinking water; Safe Drinking Water Act (1974)

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Afnan Abdow, Jassira Pacheco, Mariafernanda Rodriguez, Paige Rosales

Affordable Care Act (ACA) 2010, was created the National Prevention Council which focus on the benefits of preventions for the health on all Americans while also closing the gap between uninsured and insured people.

COVID-19 was a global pandemic that affected the whole population. Deaths from communicable diseases surged in 2019-2021 back to the levels from 2005.

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21st Century: Looking towards the future (Post Pandemic and beyond)

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21st Century: Looking towards the future (Post Pandemic and beyond)

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Brae Davis

We found a case of emergent recall of frozen shrimp sold between July 17th - August 8th due to radiation exposure in 21 States. Here is the FDA Recall announcement: https://www.fda.gov/food/alerts-advisories-safety-information/fda-advises-public-not-eat-sell-or-serve-certain-imported-frozen-shrimp-indonesian-firm

Measles: Change in Measles outbreaks between 2024-2025 increased from around 60 documented exposures for the whole year to over 1k as of August. There have been public sentiments by our Head of the DOH RFK Jr. about discouraging measles vaccination, and while they may not be necessarily linked, there is a significant shift in public perception of vaccination that he has not helped/soothed.

https://www.cdc.gov/measles/data-research/index.html

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FDA Advises Public Not to Eat, Sell, or Serve Certain Imported Frozen

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Frozen shrimp imported from PT. Bahari Makmur Sejati is in violation of the Federal FD&C Act. A recall has been added. FDA’s investigation is ongoing.