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Cartoon Illustrating “The NIH and U.S. Healthcare in Crisis” Published

On Apr. 21, 2025, LifeScienceHistory.com published the cartoon: “The National Institutes of Health (NIH) and U.S. Healthcare in…

Africa’s Plan to Fill Health Funding Gaps Amidst Declining Coffers

On Apr. 11, 2025, Africa’s top public health institution announced it is planning to tap more funds from…

WHO brings countries together to test collective pandemic response

On Apr. 4, 2025, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that over the past two days, it convened…

HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies

On Apr. 1, 2025, layoff notices began arriving for thousands of employees of the sprawling U.S. Department of…

UK Report highlights Two Dozen pathogens of greatest risk to public health

On Mar. 25. 2025, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) published its view on the pathogen families that…

Louisiana Surgeon General ignores science, will not promote vaccines

On Feb. 13, 2025, Ralph L. Abraham, MD, the Louisiana Surgeon General announced that the state will no…

U.S. announces withdrawal from the World Health Organization

On Jan. 20, 2025, the White House announced the United States will exit the World Health Organization (WHO)….

COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among U.S. Adults reported below 20%

On Nov. 21, 2024, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported that by the week…

U.S. Earned D+ Grade for Preterm Birth Rate in 2024 March of Dimes Report Card, Worst Grade in Report History

On Nov. 14, 2024, the March of Dimes released its 2024 Report Card, revealing the U.S. preterm birth…

Poliovirus detected in wastewater in Finland

On Sept. 12, 2024, the Finnish Institute for Health and Welfare (THL) reported that Poliovirus had been found…

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UN to vaccinate Gaza’s children against polio during pauses in fighting

On Aug. 30, 2024, the United Nations (UN) announced that polio vaccination will begin for some 640,000 children…

Novartis, Viatris face lawsuit over ‘HeLa’ cell misuse claims

On Aug. 5, 2024, Novartis and Viatris were named a federal lawsuit in Maryland by the family of…

New funding ensured 370 million children receive polio vaccinations in low-income countries

On Oct. 11, 2023, the European Commission, the European Investment Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation…

The United Kingdom announced the Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre

On Aug. 7, 2023, the United Kingdom Health and Security Agency announced the Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre…

Henrietta Lacks’ family settled lawsuit with biotech company that used her cells without consent

On Aug. 1, 2023, more than 70 years after doctors at Johns Hopkins Hospital took Henrietta Lacks’ cervical…

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 reported in United Republic of Tanzania and Kenya

On Jul. 28, 2023, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) in the…

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) reported in Indonesia

On Mar. 17, 2023, the Indonesia Ministry of Health notified the World Health Organization (WHO) of the detection…

Milestones in Polio

Milestones in Polio illustrates the slow but steady advancements from its clinical description and discovery to widespread infection…

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) reported in Indonesia

On Nov. 12, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) issued a Disease Outbreak News (DON) on the circulating…

Global leaders committed US$ 2.6 billion at World Health Summit to end polio

On Oct. 18, 2022, global leaders confirmed US$ 2.6 billion in funding toward the Global Polio Eradication Initiative’s…

New York State Department of Health and Rockland County Department of Health alerted public to case of polio

On Jul. 21, 2022, The New York State Department of Health confirmed that a case of paralytic poliomyelitis…

More than 80 million doses administered to southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives

On Mar. 18, 2022, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that Malawi had launched the first round of…

Life-Saving Vaccines

Our Life-Saving Vaccines cartoon illustrates four invaluable vaccines that have affected human civilization throughout history from smallpox and…

WHO bestowed posthumous award on the late Henrietta Lacks

On Oct. 13, 2021, the World Health Organization (WHO) honoured the late Henrietta Lacks with a WHO Director-General’s…

Batavia Biosciences and Valneva collaborated to accelerate development of low-cost inactivated polio vaccine

On Jun. 15, 2020, Batavia Biosciences and Valneva announced a collaboration agreement to accelerate market-access of a low-cost…

World leaders made historic commitments to provide equal access to vaccines for all

On Jun. 4, 2020, world leaders pledged an additional US$ 8.8 billion for Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance, far…

At least 80 million children under one at risk of diseases such as diphtheria, measles and polio as COVID-19 disrupted routine vaccination efforts

On May 22, 2020, COVID 19 disrupted life-saving immunization services around the world, putting millions of children –…

Biotechnology | Infectious Disease | Life Science News | Polio | Vaccine

Sinovac announced positive results from phase III trial of a Sabin strain-based inactivated Polio vaccine (sIPV) were published

On Apr. 16, 2019, Sinovac Biotech announced that the positive results from the Company’s Phase III clinical study…

FDA approved Vaxelis, a new combination DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB vaccine for use in children 6 wks-4 yrs of age

On Dec. 26, 2018, Sanofi announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved VAXELIS (Diphtheria and…

Biotechnology | Life Science News | Measles | Polio | Vaccine

PAHO/WHO announced measles elimination in the Americas

On Sept. 27, 2016, the Region of the Americas was the first in the world to have eliminated…

Polio

Cartoon Illustrating “The NIH and U.S. Healthcare in Crisis” Published

Africa’s Plan to Fill Health Funding Gaps Amidst Declining Coffers

WHO brings countries together to test collective pandemic response

HHS starts layoffs of thousands of workers across its agencies

UK Report highlights Two Dozen pathogens of greatest risk to public health

Louisiana Surgeon General ignores science, will not promote vaccines

U.S. announces withdrawal from the World Health Organization

COVID-19 Vaccination Coverage Among U.S. Adults reported below 20%

U.S. Earned D+ Grade for Preterm Birth Rate in 2024 March of Dimes Report Card, Worst Grade in Report History

Poliovirus detected in wastewater in Finland

UN to vaccinate Gaza’s children against polio during pauses in fighting

Novartis, Viatris face lawsuit over ‘HeLa’ cell misuse claims

New funding ensured 370 million children receive polio vaccinations in low-income countries

The United Kingdom announced the Vaccine Development and Evaluation Centre

Henrietta Lacks’ family settled lawsuit with biotech company that used her cells without consent

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 reported in United Republic of Tanzania and Kenya

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) reported in Indonesia

Milestones in Polio

Circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus type 2 (cVDPV2) reported in Indonesia

Global leaders committed US$ 2.6 billion at World Health Summit to end polio

New York State Department of Health and Rockland County Department of Health alerted public to case of polio

More than 80 million doses administered to southern African children targeted in mass polio vaccination drives

Life-Saving Vaccines

WHO bestowed posthumous award on the late Henrietta Lacks

Batavia Biosciences and Valneva collaborated to accelerate development of low-cost inactivated polio vaccine

World leaders made historic commitments to provide equal access to vaccines for all

At least 80 million children under one at risk of diseases such as diphtheria, measles and polio as COVID-19 disrupted routine vaccination efforts

Sinovac announced positive results from phase III trial of a Sabin strain-based inactivated Polio vaccine (sIPV) were published

FDA approved Vaxelis, a new combination DTaP-IPV-Hib-HepB vaccine for use in children 6 wks-4 yrs of age

PAHO/WHO announced measles elimination in the Americas

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