WHO reported more than half the world faces high measles risk
On Feb. 21, 2024, the World Health Organization reported that more than half the world’s countries will be…
On Feb. 21, 2024, the World Health Organization reported that more than half the world’s countries will be…
On Nov. 16. 2023, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that Following years of…
On Aug. 7, 2023, the United Kingdom Health and Security Agency announced the Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre…
On Oct. 12, 2021, National Resilience announced a strategic collaboration with Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) to implement…
On Apr. 1, 2021, Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute (KPWHRI) announced that an investigational vaccine designed to…
On May 22, 2020, COVID 19 is disrupting life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of children…
On Oct. 3, 2019, the New York State Department of Health announced that more than 42 days –…
On Oct. 3, 2019, the New York State Department of Health announced that more than 42 days –…
On Jan. 12, 2018, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Immunization Practices Advisory Committee Advisory Committee on…
On Sept. 27, 2016, the Region of the Americas was the first in the world to have eliminated…
On Apr. 29, 2015, the Pan American Health Organization ï¾ declared that the Americas region has become the first…
On Jun. 14, 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…
On Jun. 28, 2011, during the 37th United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Conference, the 192 Member countries…
On Oct. 21, 2009, Merck announced that the company will not resume production of monovalent measles, mumps, and…
On Mar. 14, 2008, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) updated its recommendations for administering…
On Mar. 21, 2005, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that a major public…
In 2004, Rubella, also known as German measles, was declared eliminated in the U.S. Before the rubella vaccination…
In 2000, measles was declared no longer endemic in the U.S. following eradication campaigns that began in 1967….
On Jun. 12, 1966, the Serum Institute of India was founded in 1966 by Dr. Cyrus Poonawalla with…
On Mar. 21, 1963, the first live virus measles vaccine (Rubeovax by Merck) was licensed. Other live virus…
In 1963, the first measles vaccines were licensed in 1963. Both vaccines were an inactivated (モkilledï¾”) and a…
On Jan. 17, 1961, a measles vaccine reported effective In 1963, Pfizer introduced a deactivated measles vaccine, and…
In 1955, The Mayo Clinic Heritage Hall museum opened in Rochester, Minnesota with a generous gift from John…
In 1921, the founding of the Rocky Mountain Laboratory (RML) can be traced back to westward migration when…
In 1911, John F. Anderson and Joseph Goldberger first transmitted measles (rubeola) to monkeys by contact Their study…
In 1906, Walter W. King showed the transmission of Rocky Mountain spotted fever by infected ticks to guinea…
In 1896, Rocky Mountain spotted fever was first recognized in the Snake River Valley of Idaho and was…
In 1846, Peter Panum described the highly contagious nature, the 14-day incubation period, and the induction of lifelong…