Only scant remnants of their cultures. Its difficult to establish at what point in history medicine appeared, but we have some record of diseases being treated in various parts of the world as far back as 2000 years bc. Throughout the centuries, navigation was developed with around the people planet, pandemics of yellow fever, and color began to spread. Nations began to realize there was a need to fight these diseases together. In 1851, the First International Health Conference was held in paris. Of1919, a new strain claims more victims in the first month then had been killed in the first world war. The league of nations did consider health, but it was only after the Second World War that a United Nations conference drew up the plan for a separate International Health body. In september 1947, when cholera broke out in egypt, the World Health Organization sprang into action. It could not afford to wait for its formal constitution, which was signed on april 7, 1948. They since celebrate
To load and fire a 32 pounder. Watch the full program this sunday at 6 00 p. M. Eastern, 10 00 p. M. Pacific here on American History tv. From the very beginning, the human race has had to contend with problems of survival, disease, and death. Through the ages, entire populations were decimated and became extinct, leaving behind only scant remnants of their cultures. Its difficult to establish at what point in history medicine appeared, but we have some record of diseases being treated in various parts of the world as far back as 2000 years b. C. Throughout the centuries, navigation was developed with movement of people around the planet, pandemics of yellow fever and cholera began to spread. Nations began to realize there was a need to fight these diseases together. In 1851, the First International Health Conference was held in paris. In 1919, a new strain of influenza struck more victims in than had been killed in the first world war. The league of nations did consider health, but it
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along party lines it striking down, striking down a trump era federal ban on gun bumps, stocks delivering a major blow to gun safety advocates. in a scathing dissent, justice sonia sotomayor says the ruling will have deadly consequences for words and just moments ago, the bybi campaign laid the blame directly on the former president saying, and i m quoting right now from the biden campaign statement, weapons of war have no place in the streets of america. but trump s supreme court justices have decided the gun lobby is more important than the safety of our kids. and our communities. i want to bring in our chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid, who s watching all of this unfold, update our viewers the significance of this, paulo. will, if this is one of the most significant cases going before the high court, this term also one of the few questions related to gun rights that the justices need to decide. now, this case focuses on bump stocks and for anyone who s not clea
Tang present, wiener present, supervisor yee. Present. Mr. President , you have a quorum. Thank you ladies and gentlemen. Please join us in the pledge of allegiance. Pledge of allegiance. President david chiu colleagues we have our december 10, 2013, Board Meeting minutes. Motioned by breed and campos. Those minutes are approved. Madam clerk, do we have any communications . There are no communications today, mr. President. Can you read our special order. The first item is the policy discussion by mayor edwin lee. Sfitem 140022 [formal policy discussions january 14, 2014] pursuant to charter, sections 2. 103 and 3. 100077, and administrative code, section 2. 11, the mayor shall answer the following eligible questions submitted from supervisors representing districts 1, 5, and 9. The mayor may address the board initially for up to five minutes. Discussion shall not exceed five minutes per supervisor. 1. Mayor lee, we are in the midst of a Housing Affordability and evictions crisis not se