On Sept. 19, 2014, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention”s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP)…
On Jun. 28, 2013, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) recommended routine use of 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate…
On Jan. 25, 2013, Pfizer announced the FDA had granted approval for the expansion of the companyï¾’s pneumococcal…
On Feb. 24, 2010, a 13-valent pneumococcal conjugate vaccine (PCV13 [Prevnar 13, Wyeth Pharmaceuticals, a subsidiary of Pfizer])…
On Nov. 16, 2009, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended a single dose of…
On Nov. 12, 2009, the Global Coalition against Child Pneumonia was established to raise awareness about the toll…
On Oct. 7, 2005, a new Federal Medicare rule became effective that required all long-term care facilities to…
On Jul. 1, 1983, two enhanced pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccines were licensed (Pneumovax 23 by Merck on Jul. 11…
On Jun. 5, 1981, Pneumocystis Pneumonia, Los Angeles, by Dr. Michael Gottlieb and colleagues of University of California…
In 1978, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) held its first international conference on Legionnaires’…
On Nov. 21, 1977, the first pneumococcal vaccine was licensed, containing 14 serotypes (of the 83 known serological…
In 1977, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) isolated Legionella pneumophila, which caused a deadly…
In 1962, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) launched the 122 Cities Mortality Reporting System…
In 1949, Walter Hagemeyer Burkholder, a pioneer in bacterial taxonomy, described the bacteria, Pseudomonas cepacia, now known as…
In 1942, “Louisiana pneumonitis,” a human disease possibly related to psittacosis, was discovered and studied in great detail…
On Apr. 1, 1919, the Stanley Cup playoffs between the Montreal Canadians and the Seattle Metropolitans ended tied…
By Nov. 16, 1918, Chicago had experienced a total of 38,000 cases of influenza and 13,000 cases of…
By Nov. 16, New York City tallied 147,000 cases of influenza and pneumonia, and 20,608, leading to an…
By Oct. 15, 1918, over 3,500 Bostonians had died from influenza or resulting pneumonia since the epidemic began….
On Sept. 27, 2018, New York State Health Commissioner Dr. Herman Biggs issued information to New York state…
By the end of 1918, 3.5% of Cleveland’s population had contracted either influenza or developed pneumonia. 3,600 people…
In 1918, by the end of the influenza epidemic in Cincinnati, the death toll had reached 1700 from…
In 1900, the three leading causes of death in the United States were tuberculosis, pneumonia, and diarrheal enteritis…
In 1510, history’s first recognized influenza pandemic originated in Asia and rapidly spread to other continents through eyewitness…