On Jun. 15, 2017, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) published the nations’s updated Pandemic…
On Apr. 21, 2017, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published updated guidelines for use…
On Dec. 14, 2016, reports from China and South Korea painted a picture of spreading H5N6 avian flu…
On Nov. 18, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved extending the age range for use…
On Aug. 29, 2016, Seqirus announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved AFLURIA® QUADRIVALENT…
On Aug. 26, 2016, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published 2016-17 influenza vaccination recommendations….
On Jun. 22, 2016, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP)…
On Nov. 25, 2015, Seqirus announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Fluad™ (Influenza…
On Aug. 14, 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) published “Recommendations on Vaccine Hesitancy” in a special issue…
On Dec. 22, 2014, BioCryst Pharmaceuticals announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved RAPIVAB (peramivir…
On Dec. 12, 2014, Sanofi Pasteur announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the supplemental…
On Feb. 28, 2014, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published Immunization Practices Advisory Committee…
On Aug. 1, 2014, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) initiated the Global Heath Security…
On Jul. 2, 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) partnered with Association of Public…
On Jun. 20, 2013, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 13 to 0, in favor of…
On Jun. 10, 2013, Sanofi Pasteur announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved the supplemental…
On Mar. 26, 2013, GlaxoSmithKline and the Texas A&M University System announced that the U.S. Department of Health…
On Dec. 14, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved GlaxoSmithKline’s quadrivalent formulation…
On Nov. 20, 2012, the FDA approved a seasonal flu vaccine produced by Novartis using animal cell culture…
On Nov. 20, 2012, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved first seasonal influenza…
On Feb. 21, 2012, as part of a national collaboration, Oregon Health & Science University researchers were studying…
In 2012, vaccines containing cell-cultured virus became available. Even though eggs continued to be the primary means of…
On Dec. 30, 2011, Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted approval of…
On Jun. 11, 2011, scientists in China reported the isolation of 2 novel reassortant highly pathogenic avian influenza…
On Aug. 10, 2010, WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan announced that the H1N1 influenza virus had moved into…
On Feb. 24, 2010, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) recommended universal Influenza vaccination for those 6 months…
On Jan. 29, 2010, the Bill and Melinda Gates announced that their foundation will commit $10 billion over…
On Dec. 23, 2009, the FDA approved high-dose inactivated influenza vaccine (Fluzone High-Dose) for people ages 65 years…
On Nov. 16, 2009, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended a single dose of…
On Oct. 24, 2009, President Barack Obama declared the swine flu (N1n1) outbreak a national emergency. The declaration…