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,…
On May 8, 1980, the World Health Assembly certified the world free of naturally-occurring smallpox. Smallpox is an…
In 1979, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed the RA 27/3 (human diploid fibroblast) strain of…
On Apr. 6, 1977, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare (now Department of Health and Human Services)…
In 1977, Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of the Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare (later Health and…
In 1976, because of evidence of increased vaccine efficacy at older ages, the recommended age for vaccination was…
On Apr. 22, 1971, the measles, mumps, and rubella virus (M-M-R II) vaccine Live developed by Maurice Hilleman was…
On Nov. 25, 1969, President Richard Nixon issued his “Statement on Chemical and Biological Defense Policies and Programs”…
In 1969, live, attenuated rubella vaccines were first licensed in the U.S., and a vaccination program was established…
On Nov. 26, 1968, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) licensed a second live, further attenuated measles…
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…