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By the 1980s there was a growing awareness of the risk of sexually transmitted diseases such as the herpes virus. College campuses such as Cal State LA sought to shed light on the risks by spreading awareness.

Cal State LA began to offer medical care for free to students.

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

Renamed California State Universities, Los Angeles

Though vaccination was beginning to successfully protect people against diseases like polio, healthcare professionals continued to reiterate the importance of thorough and frequent handwashing.

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.”

Originally developed in 1907 as a fundraiser to fight tuberculosis, Christmas Seals were a special type of stamp sold to raise money for respiratory diseases. Still in use today, the campaign has grown to include other forms of respiratory disease…

Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine registration forms such as this were printed in issues of Cal State LA’s newspaper, The College Times in an effort to encourage students to get vaccinated against polio.

Despite the low-cost of the new Sabin Oral Vaccine, less than one-fourth of the expected number of people turned out for the first day of distribution. Only one million out of the projected 6 million Californians showed up to clinics like those held…

The Sabin Oral Polio Vaccine could be offered at just a 25 cent donation and was recommended to persons of all ages, even those that had previously received the Salk vaccine.