Click below to access the timeline and view key moments in over 500 years of history that have shaped the landscape of health and care in the United States.

You can navigate to a particular date by clicking on the bottom of the timeline (or left side on mobile), filter by selected topics, do a keyword search, or view one of our curated stories to take a deeper dive. Read more about How to Use This Timeline here.

This is a tool designed to understand the histories of medical experimentation, scientific racism, racial capitalism, and ableism as some of the many forces shaping the conditions and evolution of healthcare in the US, as well as the resistance of grassroots healers, health practitioners, and organizers working both inside and outside of the Medical Industrial Complex.