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==Medicine== * March 9 β The [[United Kingdom]] [[Secretary of State for Health and Social Care|Minister of Health]], [[Enoch Powell]], in his "water towers" speech to a Conservative Party conference, proposes closing down of large, traditional [[psychiatric hospital]]s in favour of more community-based care.<ref>{{cite web|title=1960s|work=NHS Timeline|url=http://nhstimeline.nuffieldtrust.org.uk/1960s.html|publisher=Nuffield Trust|accessdate=2018-08-14}}</ref> * [[Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus|Methicillin-resistant ''Staphylococcus aureus'' (MRSA)]] is first discovered, in the United Kingdom. * New Zealand cardiologist [[J. C. P. Williams]] identifies [[Williams syndrome]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Lenhoff|first1=Howard M.|last2=Teele|first2=Rita L.|last3=Clarkson|first3=Patricia M.|last4=Berdon|first4=Walter E.|title=John C. P. Williams of Williams-Beuren syndrome|journal=Pediatric Radiology|volume=41|issue=2|year=2010|pages=267β269|issn=0301-0449|doi=10.1007/s00247-010-1909-y|pmid=21107555|s2cid=206933052 }}</ref>
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