On Mar. 6, 2023, Merck announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had approved the addition of…
Our Life-Saving Vaccines cartoon illustrates four invaluable vaccines that have affected human civilization throughout history from smallpox and…
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 Oct. 8, 2020, Moderna announced an agreement for a commitment of up to $56 million from the…
On Oct. 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced funding of a patch…
On Aug. 14, 2020, in the U.S., despite high rates of coverage (>90%) at the national level for…
On Jun. 4, 2020, world leaders pledged an additional US$ 8.8 billion for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, far…
On May 22, 2020, COVID 19 disrupted 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 ﾠdeclared that the Americas region has become the first…
On Jan. 23, 2015, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Health Alert Network issued a…
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…
On Dec. 26, 2004, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) assisted with an earthquake measuring…
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….
In 1995, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP), American Academy of Pediatrics, and the American Association of Family…
On Jan. 11, 1991, recommendations of Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) for routine Hib vaccination for infants beginning…
In 1989, recommendations for routine 2nd doses of measles-containing vaccine were issued by both ACIP and the American…
On Jun. 25, 1988, the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) proposed to ban mailings of microbe samples capable of…
On Jan. 22, 1988, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) recommended…
In 1986, The National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act (PDF – 312 KB), as amended, created the National Vaccine Injury…
In 1982, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported an all-time low of measles cases,…