HHS funded development of needle-free vaccine administration technology
On Oct. 6, 2020, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced funding of a patch…
-
-
NIH study showed genomic variation causing common autoinflammatory disease may increase resilience to bubonic plague
On Jun. 29, 2020, National Institutes of Health (NIH) researchers announced they had discovered that Mediterranean populations may…
-
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Influenza | Measles | Plague | Vaccine
BioMed X Institute launched rapid antiviral response platform to prevent future pandemics
On May 13, 2020, BioMed X, an independent research institute that identifies big biomedical research challenges and provides…
-
Mary and Ryan Finley donated $3 million to Legacy Health, OHSU to combat COVID-19
On Apr. 3, 2020, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) announced that Mary and Ryan Finley, moved by…
-
Biotechnology | CDC | Disease | Non-Profit Research | Plague | Therapeutics | WHO
USC scientists launched global effort to find the next diabetes drug
On Mar. 23, 2018, University of Southern California (USC) researchers launched a massive scientific effort to construct a…
-
WHO published “Recommendations on Vaccine Hesitancy” in special issue of the journalﾠ Vaccine
On Aug. 14, 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) published “Recommendations on Vaccine Hesitancy” in a special issue…
-
Researchers reconstructed genome of the Black Death
On Oct. 13, 2011, an international team, led by researchers at McMaster University and the University of Tubingen…
-
Global eradication of rinderpest (cattle plague) was declared
On Jun. 28, 2011, during the 37th United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization Conference, the 192 Member countries…
-
Sandia researchers unlocked secrets of plague with stunning new imaging techniques
On May 6, 2011, Sandia announced a novel super-resolution microscopy technique that is providing new answers to old…
-
Biotechnology | Diagnostics | Genomics | Infectious Disease | Influenza | Medicine | NIH | Non-Profit Research | Plague | Polio | Therapeutics | Vaccine
OHSU, University of Washington scientists partner to form regional center aimed at combating infectious diseases
On Apr. 15, 2009, Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) and the University of Washington (UW), along with…
-
The One Health approach was recommended for pandemic preparedness
On Dec. 4, 2007, representatives of 111 countries and 29 international organizations met in New Delhi India for…
-
Biotechnology | COVID-19 | Diagnostics | Disease | Infectious Disease | Influenza | Plague | Therapeutics | Vaccine
Fort Knox prepared for pandemic outbreak scenarios
On Jun. 7, 2007, years before the COVID-19 pandemic swept across the globe, a group of about 100…
-
The Nebraska Biocontainment Unit was established at UNMC
On Mar. 7, 2005, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) commissioned the Nebraska Biocontainment Unit (NBU) at…
-
Biotechnology | CDC | Diagnostics | FDA | Infectious Disease | Medicine | NIH | Plague | Radiology | Therapeutics | U.S. Congress
President Bush signed the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Act into law
On Jun. 12, 2002, President George W. Bush signed the Public Health Security and Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response…
-
A pandemic planning framework was published by the World Health Organization
In April 1999, a pandemic planning framework was published by the World Health Organization (WHO) that emphasized the…
-
Outbreaks of bubonic and pneumonic plague reported in south-central, southwestern and northern India
On Aug. 26, 1994, the plague struck Surat, a city in the state of Gujarat in western India,…
-
Biology | CDC | Diagnostics | Infectious Disease | Life Science History | NIH | Plague | Therapeutics | Vaccine
The CDC opened an expanded maximum containment lab (hot lab) for highly dangerous viruses
In 1978, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) completed construction of a new hot lab…
-
The U.S., the Soviet Union and 70 other nations signed an agreement banning biological warfare
On Apr. 10, 1972, the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) was opened for signature, and took effect on March…
-
President Richard Nixon renounced the use of lethal biological agents and weapons
On Nov. 25, 1969, President Richard Nixon issued his “Statement on Chemical and Biological Defense Policies and Programs”…
-
At the height of the great plague in London more than 7,000 people died weekly
In September 1665, at the height of the great plague in London, more than 7,100 died in one…
-
scientists demonstrated Rocky Mountain spotted fever and endemic typhus was transmitted by rat fleas
In 1931, Rolla E. Dyer, Lucius F. Badger, and Adolph S. Rumreich demonstrated that Rocky Mountain spotted fever…
-
The USDA reported more than 50,000 foreign plants have been introduced into the US since 1862
In 1923, more than 50,000 foreign plants had been introduced into the United States since 1862 by the…
-
The Rocky Mountain Laboratory was established in Hamilton
In 1921, the founding of the Rocky Mountain Laboratory (RML) can be traced back to westward migration when…
-
George W. McCoy published a report that was the first involvement of the Hygienic Laboratory in cancer research
On Aug. 31, 1909, George W. McCoy published a preliminary report in “The Journal of Medical Research” that…
-
Bubonic plague broke out in Seattle
On Oct. 1, 1907, bubonic plague broke out in Seattle when three (possibly seven) people died. Rats were…
-
In March, Chick Gin, a Chinese proprietor, died of bubonic plague in the Chinese quarter of San Francisco
In March 1900, Chick Gin, the Chinese proprietor of a lumberyard, died of bubonic plague in a flophouse…
-
The city of San Francisco’s quarantine of Chinatown was ruled discriminatory
In 1900, the city of San Francisco’s quarantine of Chinatown ruled discriminatory, but city health officials conducted house-to-house…
-
First plague vaccine developed by Russian physician Waldemar M. W. Haffkine
On Jan. 10, 1897, Russian physician Waldemar M. W. Haffkine, who trained with Louis Pasteur in Paris, tested…
-
Plague vaccine was introduced, following the preparation of anti-plague horse serum at the Pasteur Institute
In 1897, a plague vaccine was introduced, following the preparation of anti-plague horse serum at the Pasteur Institute…
-
Vampire panic caused by tuberculosis
On Jan. 27, 1896, the Boston Globe published a story on superstitious beliefs in rural Rhode Island that…
