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By the 1950s, polio replaced tuberculosis as the deadliest communicable disease in the United States. The first publicly available vaccine, the Salk Vaccine, was made available to the public by academic institutions such as Cal State LA. Colleges…

Three Black women show their support, having signs with popular slogans used during the 2020 BLM Protests. Among them: “BLM; “Black Lives Matter”; “No Justice No Peace” which was first used in 1986 at the murder of Black Michael Griffith by…

Despite the fact that polio vaccines had been in use for nearly 15 years with great success, a small subset of the population remained skeptical, some going so far as to theorize that their distribution was part of a “Communist plot.”

A combination of workers, first responders, and volunteers scour over ruins of the Veterans Administration Hospital in Sylmar, removing tiles and rubble in search of trapped victims.

A complete view of Tayyeb's Art sculpture by itself

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During the Gulf War (Aug 2, 1990 – Feb 28, 1991) hate crimes against Arab Americans increased, and the FBI questioned Arab Americans. This resolution put forth by Dymally in 1991 sought to curb baseless interrogation by the FBI, while increasing…

From October to March more than 120 students reported at the campus Health Center for herpes simplex virus Type 2, or genital herpes.

Cal State LA students and faculty received the first university-wide email regarding the COVID-19 outbreak in late January, 2020.