April 28 in Medical History
17 entries: discoveries, epidemics, drugs and the people who shaped medicine.
Observed today
- Workers' Memorial Day and World Day for Safety and Health at Work (international) — National Day of Mourning (Canada)
Events
- South African medical researcher Max Theiler develops the yellow fever vaccine at the Rockefeller Foundation in New York City.
- Courts award 1968 Kentucky Derby prize money to 2nd place winner due to the winner being given drugs before the race
- Argentina bans all commercial domestic and international flights until September 1 because of COVID-19
- President Vladimir Putin warns Russia has not yet reached the peak of COVID-19 infections, with 93,000 recorded cases and 867 deaths
- US confirmed cases of COVID-19 pass 1 million, while death toll of 58,365 surpasses that of US soldiers killed in Vietnam War (Johns Hopkins)
Born on this day
- H. B. StallardEnglish runner and surgeon (died 1973)
- David 'Dai' ReesBritish biochemist and chief executive of the Medical Research Council (1987-96), born in Silloth, England (d. 2021)
- Peter HarperBritish medical geneticist known for his work on myotonic dystrophy, born in Barnstaple, England (d. 2021)
- Mike BrearleyEnglish cricket batsman and captain (39 Tests, 9 x 50; Middlesex CCC, Cambridge University CC), born in Harrow, England
- Marc LacroixBelgian biochemist and academic
- Ajay KakkarBaron Kakkar, English surgeon and academic
Died on this day
- Johann Friedrich StruenseeGerman physician of Christian VII of Denmark, dies at 34
- Johannes Peter MüllerGerman physiologist, made first distinction between motor and sensory nerves, dies at 56
- Anne Walter FearnAmerican physician (born 1867)
- Jerzy EinhornPolish-Swedish doctor, cancer researcher (Karolinska University Hospital, 1967-92), politician (Member of Parliament, 1991-94), and Holocaust survivor, dies of leukemia at 74
- Milan N. PopovićSerbian psychiatrist and author (born 1924)