On Jun. 12, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response…
On May 14, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Hematologic Cancer Research Investment and Education Act of…
On Sept. 11, 2001, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) learned of a domestic terrorism…
In 2001, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responded to the World Trade Center and…
On Oct. 17, 2001, the National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD) was established at the…
On Apr. 1, 2000, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced the IV-infection surveillance case definition was…
In 2000, the use of Oral polio vaccine (OPV) was discontinued in the U.S. to eliminate the risk…
On Jun. 17, 1999, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP)…
On Jan. 15. 1999, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…
In January 1999, the National Birth Defects Prevention Network (NBDPN) established a SurveillanceGuidelines and Standards Committee (SGSC) in…
In 1999, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile, now the…
In 1999, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the Laboratory Response Network (LRN). The…
In 1998, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that an estimated 47.2 million adults (24.1%),…
On Nov. 14, 1997, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the link between fen-phen…
On May 16, 1997, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) participated in the televised Presidential…
In 1997, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) recommended adoption of a sequential series of two doses of…
In 1997, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) convened a group that became the National…
In 1996, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched PulseNet, a national network of laboratories,…
In 1996, food poisoning in the U.S. cost an estimated $22 billion, according to a congressional study. In…
In 1996, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) established the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA). NORA…
In 1996, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found evidence of tobacco smoke exposure in…
On May 6, 1995, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) investigated an deadly outbreak of…
On Mar. 17, 1995, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed Varicella Virus Vaccine, Live (VARIVAX {registered symbol}), manufactured…
In 1995, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP), American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Association of Family…
In 1995, the Public Health Service (PHS) published guidelines for zidovudine (ZDV) used to reduce perinatal human immunodeficiency…
In 1995, the Emerging Infections Program (EIP) was established as a collaboration between 10 state health departments, their…
On Oct. 1, 1994, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) implemented the Vaccines for Children…
In 1994, the National Violence against Women Survey was created by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and…
On Aug. 10, 1993, In response to this measles epidemic, the U.S. Congress created the National Vaccine Program…
On May 14, 1993, the New Mexico Department of Health (NMDOH) reported it was notified by the Office…