Chronology for 1968 (January - June)

Naval Support Activity Hospital, Danang, casualty blood utilization: January to June 1968.

Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis — January 2012–June 2013

Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is caused by Dracunculus medinensis, a parasitic worm. Approximately 1 year after infection from contaminated drinking water, the worm emerges through the skin of the infected person, usually on the lower limb. Pain and secondary bacterial infection can cause temporary or permanent disability that disrupts work and schooling. In 1986, the World Health Assemb...

Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis — January 2013–June 2014

Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is caused by Dracunculus medinensis, a parasitic worm. Approximately 1 year after a person acquires infection from contaminated drinking water, the worm will emerge through the skin, usually on the lower limb. Pain and secondary bacterial infection can cause temporary or permanent disability that disrupts work and schooling. In 1986, the World Health Assembl...

Progress Toward Global Eradication of Dracunculiasis, January 2016–June 2017

Dracunculiasis (Guinea worm disease) is caused by Dracunculus medinensis, a parasitic worm. Approximately 1 year after a person acquires infection from drinking contaminated water, the worm emerges through the skin, usually on the leg. Pain and secondary bacterial infection can cause temporary or permanent disability that disrupts work and schooling. The campaign to eradicate dracunculiasis wor...

Liberalized Eligibility Provisions and Old-Age Benefits, January–June 1951

In December 1939, as benefit claims were beginning to be filed, the Social Security Board adopted a set of basic provisions to underlie a system for the hearing and review of claims involving adjudications that had been unfavorable to claimants. To implement this system the Board established an Office of Appeals Council, wholly independent of the Bureau of Old-Age and Survivors Insurance. The p...