WHO reported Spike in cholera outbreak Deaths
On Nov. 21, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that From January 1 to October 27, 2024,…
WHO reported Spike in outbreak of cholera
On Oct. 18, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported that from January 1 to September 29, 2024,…
WHO Data show marked increase in annual cholera deaths
On Sep. 4, 2024, the World Health Organization (WHO) published global cholera statistics for 2023, that showed an…
Malawi Ministry of Health declared a cholera outbreak
On Mar. 3, 2023, the Malawi Ministry of Health declared a cholera outbreak, following laboratory confirmation of a…
WHO warned of deadly cholera outbreak in Lebanon as cases increase
On Oct. 6, 2022, the World Health Organization announced the first cholera outbreak in nearly three decades in…
CDC published ACIP recommendations for use of cholera vaccine
On May 12, 2017, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…
FDA approved Vaxchora for the prevention of cholera
On Jun. 10, 2016, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved Vaxchora, a vaccine for the prevention…
DNA isolated from deadly 1849 cholera outbreak in Philadelphia
On Jan. 9, 2014, DNA was isolated from a 165-year-old intestine of a cholera victim from Philadelphia –Â …
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The CDC responded to the 7.0 magnitude Haiti earthquake to prevent 7,000 deaths from cholera
On Jan. 12, 2010, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) responded to the 7.0 magnitude…
The CDC responded to cholera and smallpox epidemics in what is now Bangladesh
In 1958, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent a team of EIS officers to…
The Surgeon General issued an order that required all ships entering U.S. ports be quarantined twenty days
In 1892, President Benjamin Harrison, trying to prevent av Asiatic cholera epidemic, had Surgeon General Thomas J. Parran,…
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The Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College’s first master of science degree was awarded
In 1891, the Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College’s first master of science degree was awarded to Charles N….
The Marine Hospital Service created in a one-room laboratory by Joseph Kinyoun
In 1887, Joseph Kinyoun, a Marine Hospita Service (MHS) physician trained in the new bacteriological methods, set up…
Louis Pasteur created the first live attenuated bacterial vaccine (chicken cholera)
In 1879, Louis Pasteur created the first live attenuated bacterial vaccine (chicken cholera). He happened upon the method…
Louis Pasteur proposed The Germ Theory of Disease
In 1877, Louis Pasteur noted that some bacteria die when cultured with certain other bacteria, indicating that some…
Chemist Robert Koch developed a technique whereby bacteria can be stained and identified
In 1877, german chemist Robert Koch and his team also developed ways of staining bacteria to improve the…
Steamer Virginia arrived in New York, its passengers riddled with cholera and ordered quarantined
On April 18, 1866, the steamer Virginia arrived in New York from Liverpool, its passengers riddled with cholera….
Dr John Snow tracked individual incidents of colera in London to water well; he removed the pump handle and the outbreak stopped
In 1854, Dr. John Snow, an English physician, tracked individual incidents of colera in London to water well;…
The first international sanitary conference was held in Paris, France
In 1850, the first international sanitary conference is held in Paris, France with a goal of making quarantines…
New York mandated maritime cholera quarantine
In 1832, New York mandated in June that no ship can approach within 300 yards of any dock…
Asiatic cholera epidemic hit New York City with particular ferocity
In 1832, Asiatic cholera epidemic hit New York City with particular ferocity. Sanitary cordons, or quarantine, were the…
The Marine Hospital Service was created
On Jul. 16, 1798, the Marine Hospital Service, predecessor to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was established…
The first maritime quarantine opened in Marseilles, France
In 1521, the first maritime quarantine opened in Marseilles, France. The quarantine system in Marseille lasted from 1620…