In 1977, Joseph A. Califano, Jr., Secretary of the Dept of Health, Education, and Welfare (later Health and…
In 1975, The World Health Assembly passed a resolution to create the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) to…
In 1963, the U.S. Congress established the Immunization Grant Program; polio incidence plummeted to only 396 reported cases…
In 1953, tetanus and diphtheria toxoids (adult formulation) were first licensed in the U.S., after the concentration of…
On May 4, 1949, the diphtheria and tetanus toxoids and pertussis (DTP) vaccine was licensed. A greater than…
In 1947, a cmbination diphtheria and tetanus toxoids for pediatric use was first licensed in the U.S.
In 1941, Connaught Laboratories at the University of Toronto developed the first combined vaccines for diphtheria, pertussis, and…
In 1934, Ida A. Bengtson began standardization of antitoxin for six species of Clostridium which cause gas gangrene….
In 1925, Charles Armstrong showed that 25% of commercial bunion pads commonly used to cover smallpox vaccinations were…
In 1916, During World War I, work by Hygienic Laboratory investigators changed the way smallpox vaccinations were administered…
In 1914, the tetanus toxoid was introduced following the development of an effective therapeutic serum against tetanus by…
In 1908, Milton J. Rosenau and John F. Anderson established the standard unit for tetanus antitoxin. A pioneer…
In 1901, diphtheria patients were routinely treated with antitoxin derived from the blood serum of horses. After 13…
In 1877, german chemist Robert Koch and his team also developed ways of staining bacteria to improve the…
In 400 BCE, Greek historian Herodotus wrote of Scythians archers from the Black Sea region that used poison-tipped…