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Quiz: 10 Fun Facts About BAND-AID^® Brand Adhesive Bandages

Quiz: 10 Fun Facts About BAND-AID^® Brand Adhesive Bandages

The iconic healthcare product is celebrating a big birthday this year: 100! To commemorate the centennial of its invention, we put together a trivia quiz that spans the last 100 years. Plus, learn about a special new partnership with CARE to help those in need.

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4 Innovative Ways Johnson & Johnson Has Helped Protect the Public's Health During Outbreaks Since the Late 1800s

4 Innovative Ways Johnson & Johnson Has Helped Protect the Public's Health During Outbreaks Since the Late 1800s

From epidemic masks that the company introduced during the Spanish flu pandemic to work it's doing today on an investigational COVID-19 vaccine, learn how the company has been at the forefront of safeguarding global public health for well over a century.

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"No Single Entity Can Solve This Challenge Alone": An Honest Conversation About Racial Inequity

"No Single Entity Can Solve This Challenge Alone": An Honest Conversation About Racial Inequity

Johnson & Johnson's Chief Communication Officer Michael Sneed sits down to have a frank discussion about what we need to do to help build a more equitable healthcare system—and society.

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Windows on the Past: The Johnson & Johnson Employees Who Were Forever Commemorated in Stained Glass

Windows on the Past: The Johnson & Johnson Employees Who Were Forever Commemorated in Stained Glass

In the 1930s the company commissioned a series of colorful panels to pay homage to men and women who worked at Johnson & Johnson. For Employee Appreciation Day, we tell the story behind the art.

Stained glass windows portraits depicting former Johnson & Johnson employees

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The Charming Way Johnson & Johnson Showed Its Love to Employees in the 1960s

The Charming Way Johnson & Johnson Showed Its Love to Employees in the 1960s

In time for Valentine's Day, we posed a heartfelt question to Johnson & Johnson's Chief Historian: What artifact from the archives do you love best?

Charms featuring Johnson & Johnson products from the 1960s

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That's So Presidential! 4 of Johnson & Johnson’s Most Memorable Moments with Heads of State

That's So Presidential! 4 of Johnson & Johnson’s Most Memorable Moments with Heads of State

In honor of Presidents' Day, the company's chief historian shares some stories of special company connections to former U.S. presidents, including the day one leader awarded Johnson & Johnson with a medal for a century's worth of innovation.

A collage of photos of President Theodore Roosevelt, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President Bill Clinton and President Barack Obama

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Look for the Sign: The Unique Way Johnson & Johnson Helped Ring in the New Year in 1915

Look for the Sign: The Unique Way Johnson & Johnson Helped Ring in the New Year in 1915

Spoiler: It was a giant rooftop electric sign that spread holiday cheer to visitors riding the Pennsylvania Railroad through New Brunswick, New Jersey.

A 1915 Johnson & Johnson Happy Near Year sign.

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8 Johnson & Johnson Inventions We’re Grateful For

8 Johnson & Johnson Inventions We’re Grateful For

In the spirit of Thanksgiving, we're gathering to celebrate just a few of the many ways that the company has changed life, and health, as we know it over the last 130 years.

Johnson & Johnson products

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Adventures in Advertising: How Johnson & Johnson Left Its Mark on the Early Days of TV

Adventures in Advertising: How Johnson & Johnson Left Its Mark on the Early Days of TV

In time for TV's big awards weekend, our Chief Historian shares how the company supported a hit family show in the 1950s.

The Adventures of Robin Hood, a 1950s TV show sponsored by Johnson & Johnson

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Meet the First Female Scientist Johnson & Johnson Ever Hired

Meet the First Female Scientist Johnson & Johnson Ever Hired

For Women’s Equality Day, our Chief Historian celebrates Edith Von Kuster’s groundbreaking role and how it set the tone for company culture in the century-plus to come.

Edith Von Kuster (image courtesy of her family); Johnson & Johnson lab (image courtesy of Johnson & Johnson Archives)

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Taking a Trip Back in Time: 10 Ways Johnson & Johnson Has Helped Make Vacationing Easier Since 1887

Taking a Trip Back in Time: 10 Ways Johnson & Johnson Has Helped Make Vacationing Easier Since 1887

Packing the right essentials can make or break your summer getaway. But did you know many of those must-haves have been Johnson & Johnson innovations?

1949 advertisement for Johnson & Johnson's surgical dressings in The Saturday Evening Post

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What It’s Like to Be the Custodian of Johnson & Johnson's Over 130-Year History

What It’s Like to Be the Custodian of Johnson & Johnson's Over 130-Year History

Not all companies have a Chief Historian. Then again, not all companies have such a long, rich heritage of innovation. Margaret Gurowitz explains the highlights—and delights—of her unique job.

Margaret Gurowitz in the Johnson & Johnson company archives

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Remembering Legendary Poet Joyce Kilmer—and His Surprising Link to Johnson & Johnson

Remembering Legendary Poet Joyce Kilmer—and His Surprising Link to Johnson & Johnson

As Memorial Day approaches, we're honoring the life of the famous poet and service member, known for his iconic “Trees” poem, who was the son of the company's first Scientific Director—and a writer for Johnson & Johnson.

Joyce Kilmer Memorial Forest in North Carolina

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Slam Dunk: How Women at Johnson & Johnson Pioneered Company Basketball

Slam Dunk: How Women at Johnson & Johnson Pioneered Company Basketball

With college basketball tournaments in full swing, we're passing on company hoops history that dates back more than a century.

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Lights, Camera, Action! Fun Stories of When Hollywood Played a Starring Role in Johnson & Johnson's History

Lights, Camera, Action! Fun Stories of When Hollywood Played a Starring Role in Johnson & Johnson's History

In time for awards show season, we roll out our own red carpet to reveal which old-school stars and starlets of the silver screen had connections to the company.

Actor Fred Thomson demonstrating how to use a Johnson & Johnson first aid kit to Boy Scouts

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