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Before her legendary career at NIH, Vivian Pinn was the second Black woman to graduate from UVA med school

  • By Cancer History Project
  • March 1, 2024
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Roderic Pettigrew, founding director of NIBIB, reflects on a career as a “physicianeer”—merging medicine, engineering

  • By Cancer History Project
  • February 23, 2024
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The boy who cried vape: Philip Morris International calls for a smoke-free world

  • By The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
  • January 19, 2024
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Former HHS Secretary Louis Sullivan recalls sinking RJR’s “Uptown,” a menthol brand for Black smokers

  • By Cancer History Project
  • January 19, 2024
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Excerpt of “Blowing Smoke: The Lost Legacy of the Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health”

  • By The Center for the Study of Tobacco and Society
  • January 11, 2024
Three doctors read over the Surgeon General's Report on Smoking and Health.
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60 years after: Don Shopland, Alan Blum discuss the writing of the 1964 Surgeon General’s Report on Smoking and Health

  • By Cancer History Project
  • January 5, 2024
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American Cancer Society Marks 110th Year

  • By American Cancer Society
  • November 30, 2023
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Video: 50 years of SEER

  • By National Cancer Institute
  • December 8, 2023
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