On Jun. 1, 2020,The Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo announced that a new outbreak of…
On May 22, 2020, COVID 19 disrupted life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of children –…
On May 13, 2020, BioMed X, an independent research institute that identifies big biomedical research challenges and provides…
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 Aug. 29, 2016, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) released new policy statement that urged states to…
On Jun. 8, 2015, the American Medical Association adopted a new policyﾠthat recommended that states have in place…
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 Apr. 24, 2014, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimated that vaccinations prevent more…
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 May 18, 2006, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported on a multi-state mumps…
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,…
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)…