On Apr. 25, 2012, U.S. Representatives Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), Charlie Dent (R-Pa.), and Robert J. Dold (R-Ill.) joined…
On Apr. 3, 2012, the Washington State Secretary of Health declared a pertussis epidemic. U.S. Since mid-2011, a…
On Feb. 21, 2012, as part of a national collaboration, Oregon Health & Science University researchers were studying…
In 2012, vaccines containing cell-cultured virus became available. Even though eggs continued to be the primary means of…
On Dec. 30, 2011, Pfizer announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had granted approval of…
On Oct. 25, 2011, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)…
On Aug. 25, 2011, the National survey indicated HPV vaccine rates trail other teen vaccines. About 6 million…
On Jul. 8, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an expanded age indication for the tetanus…
On Jun. 22, 2011, Sanofi Pasteur opened a $101 million dollar vaccine research and development facility at Sanofi…
On Jun. 11, 2011, scientists in China reported the isolation of 2 novel reassortant highly pathogenic avian influenza…
On May 19, 2011, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) hailed vaccinations as one of…
On Apr. 22, 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the use of Menactra in children…
On Mar. 24, 2011, Zostavax, manufactured by Merck of Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, was approved by the U.S….
On Dec. 20, 2011, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced approval of the first and only…
On Jul. 13, 2010, Bavarian Nordic announced that it had delivered 1 million doses of its smallpox vaccine…
On Mar. 22, 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recommended that physicians temporarily suspend use of…
On Mar. 19, 2010, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) recommended use of a reduced (4-dose) vaccine schedule…
On Feb. 24, 2010, a 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13 [Prevnar 13, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Pfizer])…
On Feb. 24, 2010, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) recommended universal Influenza vaccination for those 6 months…
On Feb. 19, 2010, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had licensed a quadrivalent meningococcal…
On Jan. 29, 2010, the Bill and Melinda Gates announced that their foundation will commit $10 billion over…
On Dec. 3, 2009, the Thai HIV vaccine clinical trial results were published in the New England Journal…
On Nov. 12, 2009, the Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia was established to raise awareness about the toll…
On Oct. 21, 2009, Merck announced that the company will not resume production of monovalent measles, mumps, and…
On Oct. 16, 2009, GlaxoSmithKline announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Cervarix [Human papillomavirus…
On Sept. 24, 2009, the second Phase III HIV-1 vaccine trial, also known as RV144, that began in…
On Sept. 15, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved four Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent…
On Jul. 31, 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) updates the…
On Jun. 23, 2009, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced advanced development contract for…
On Jun. 11, 2009, the Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General World Health Organization (WHO), declared the world was at…