On Dec. 23, 1938, Herald R. Cox published: Use of Yolk Sac of Developing Chick Embryo as Medium…
In 1938, Gordon E. Davis and Herald R. Cox identified a new rickettsial disease, which they called Nine…
In 1938, Thomas Francis, Jr., MD and Jonas Salk, MD served as lead researchers at the University of…
In 1938, Dr. Armand Frappier, at the Institut de Microbiologie et d’Hygiene de Montreal, conducted the first studies…
In 1937, the Rocky Mountain Laboratory became part of the National Institute of Health (NIH). During World War…
In 1936, Max Theiler, Professor of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale (and later the Rockefeller Institute), and…
In 1935, Maurice Brodie, a research assistant at New York University, attempted to produce a formaldehyde-killed polio vaccine…
In 1934, Ida A. Bengtson began standardization of antitoxin for six species of Clostridium which cause gas gangrene….
In 1930, the Hygienic Laboratory changed its name to the National Institute (singular) of Health and authorized the…
In 1927, Bacille Calmette-Guerin (BCG) vaccine was first used in newborns, having been developed by Albert Calmette and…
In 1924, Roscoe R. Spencer and Ralph R. Parker produced a vaccine against Rocky Mountain spotted fever, the…
In 1921, Hollister-Stier Laboratories, located in Spokane, is the oldest name in allergy science. The company was founded…
In 1916, During World War I, work by Hygienic Laboratory investigators changed the way smallpox vaccinations were administered…
In 1915, Pertussis vaccine, a suspension of inactivated Bordetella pertussis cells, was licensed. Inactivated vaccines were prepared with…
In 1914, the first typhoid vaccine was licensed in the U.S. in 1914. Typhoid immunization was required of…
In 1914, the tetanus toxoid was introduced following the development of an effective therapeutic serum against tetanus by…
In 1914, rabies vaccine was first licensed in the U.S. The H. K. Mulford Company, founded in Philadelphia…
In 1913, for the first time ever, a virus (vaccinia) was grown in cell culture, and then in…
In 1913, Japanese immunologist and bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi discovered that Treponema pallidum (syphilitic spirochete) was the cause of…
On Sept. 30, 1911, typhoid immunization became required of all U.S. service members. The U.S. Army became the…
In 1910, the University of Missouri College of Veterinary Medicine’s first building, Connaway Hall, was built to house…
On Jun. 26, 1908, a typhoid fever epidemic struck Mankato, Minnesota with 5,000-6,000 cases of diarrhea reported between…
In 1908, Drs. John F. Anderson, Leslie L. Lumsen and Wade H. Frost expanded scope of earlier typhoid…
In 1908, Arthur Marston Stimson developed a better method for rabies vaccine preparation so it could be sent…
In 1908, Dr. Karl Landsteiner at the University Department of Pathological Anatomy in Vienna discovered that the cause…
On Dec. 6, 1904, the U.S. Supreme Court argued the case requiring a compulsory vaccination law. The Court…
On Jul. 1, 1902, the Biologics Control Act was enacted regulating the production of vaccines and antitoxins. It…
In 1902, the U.S. Biologics Control Act was passed to ensure purity and safety of serums, vaccines, and…
In 1901, diphtheria patients were routinely treated with antitoxin derived from the blood serum of horses. After 13…
In March 1900, Chick Gin, the Chinese proprietor of a lumberyard, died of bubonic plague in a flophouse…