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  2. January 26 - Wikipedia

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    January 26 is the 26th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; ... 1945 – World War II: ... creator of the smallpox vaccine (b. 1749) [162]

  3. January 1945 - Wikipedia

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    26 January 26, 1945 (Friday) 27 January ... Between this day and January 28, ... Minister Winston Churchill met at Malta for discussions preparatory to next week's ...

  4. Timeline of human vaccines - Wikipedia

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    2003 – First vaccine for Argentine hemorrhagic fever. [16] 2006 – First vaccine for human papillomavirus (which is a cause of cervical cancer) 2006 – First herpes zoster vaccine for shingles; 2011 – First vaccine for non-small-cell lung carcinoma (comprises 85% of lung cancer cases) 2012 – First vaccine for hepatitis E [17]

  5. List of observances in the United States by presidential ...

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    January 16: Religious Freedom Day; 3rd Monday in January: Martin Luther King Jr. Federal Holiday [4] 3rd Sunday in January: National Sanctity of Human Life Day; various March/April: Education and Sharing Day (based on Hebrew calendar) February 15: Susan B. Anthony Day; March 10: Harriet Tubman Day; March 19: National Day of Honor [5]

  6. Vaccination policy of the United States - Wikipedia

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    These claims against vaccine manufacturers cannot normally be filed in state or federal civil courts, but instead must be heard in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims, sitting without a jury. [50] Compensation covers medical and legal expenses, loss of future earning capacity, and up to $250,000 for pain and suffering; a death benefit of up to ...

  7. Uniform Monday Holiday Act - Wikipedia

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    An 1890s poster showing Washington's Birthday as February 22, the date on which it always fell before being changed by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.. The Uniform Monday Holiday Act (Pub. L. 90–363, 82 Stat. 250, enacted June 28, 1968) is an Act of Congress that permanently moved two federal holidays in the United States to a Monday, being – Washington's Birthday and Memorial Day – and ...

  8. United States federal observances - Wikipedia

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    These observances differ from federal holidays in that federal employees only receive a day free from work on holidays, not observances. Federal observances that are designated by Congress appear in Title 36 of the United States Code (36 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.). Below is a list of all observances so designated.

  9. Childhood immunizations in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Since 1990, when the vaccine was introduced as a routine vaccination in children, rates of acute Hepatitis B has decreased in the United States by 82%. This vaccine is given as a series of shots, the first dose is given at birth, the second between 1 and 2 months, and the third, and possibly fourth, between 6 and 18 months.