Dec. 3 is International Day of Persons with Disabilities Day.
The International Day of People with Disability (IDPwD), a United Nations sanctioned day that aims to promote an understanding of people with disability
and encourage support for their dignity, rights and well-being.
The day seeks to increase awareness of the benefits of the integration of people with disability in every aspect of political,
social, economic and cultural life.
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LifeScience Moment: The WHO announced that "smallpox has been eradicated from the world."
On Dec. 9, 1979, members of the World Heath Organization in Geneva announce that "smallpox has been eradicated from the world."
The last known natural case was in Somalia in 1977. Since then, the only known cases were caused by a laboratory accident in
1978 in Birmingham, England, which killed one person and caused a limited outbreak.
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Where do we come from?
Explore the genealogy of the life science industry by state or province through one-of-a-kind posters
illustrating the founding technology origins of life science companies.
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It's a Small World
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Coronavirus COVID-19), Centers for Disease Control
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Science Quote
"Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world. Science is the highest personification of the nation because that nation will remain the first which carries the furthest the works of thought and intelligence."
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Louis Pasteur, French microbiologist and chemist
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(1822-1895)
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