May 9-15 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, acientist 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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Where do we come from?

Explore the genealogy of life science companies through one-of-a-kind posters!

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It's a Small World
	Ebola Virus (Photo: Courtesy Frederick Murphy)

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Science Quote

"The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving."

-	Albert Einstein
(1879-1955)