In 2013, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) activated its Emergency Operations Center to investigate…
On Aug. 30, 2012, a new phlebovirus, discovered in northwestern Missouri by Dr. Scott Folk of Heartland Regional…
In 2012, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS), a viral respiratory illness, was first reported in Saudi Arabia in…
In 2012, vaccines containing cell-cultured virus became available. Even though eggs continued to be the primary means of…
On Oct. 21, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced it had approved revised prescribing information and…
On Mar. 23, 2011, J. Craig Venter Institute researchers announced Single Virus Genomics, enabling the isolation and complete…
On Aug. 10, 2010, WHO Director-General Dr Margaret Chan announced that the H1N1 influenza virus had moved into…
On Oct. 16, 2009, GlaxoSmithKline announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had approved Cervarix [Human papillomavirus…
On Oct. 16, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved new indication for gardasil to prevent…
On Sept. 15, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved four Influenza A (H1N1) 2009 Monovalent…
On Jun. 11, 2009, the Dr. Margaret Chan, Director-General World Health Organization (WHO), declared the world was at…
On Apr. 15, 2009, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) identified the novel H1N1 influenza…
On Feb. 12, 2009, the Vaccine Court ruled that MMR vaccine, when administered with thimerosal-containing vaccines, does not…
On Oct. 6, 2008, Francoise Barre-Sinoussi was awarded a share of the 2008 Nobel Prize in Physiology or…
Jun. 25, 2008, researchers reported that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1) responsible for most of the AIDS cases…
On Jun. 23, 2008, Sanofi Pasteur announced the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) had licensed Pentacel, Diphtheria…
In 2008, the University of Missouri Research Animal Diagnostic Laboratory opened its new $15.5 million facility at Discovery…
In 2008, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) received U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)…
In 2008, the Influenza Reagent Resource (IRR) was established by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)…
On Dec. 19, 2007, the Human Microbiome Project (HMP), a $150 million initiative, was established by the National…
On Oct. 19, 2007, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published updated recommendations for prevention…
On Sept. 28, 2007, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved an Australian-made influenza vaccine called Afluria…
On Jan. 9, 2007, the Executive Committee of the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists approved an interim…
In 2007, the World Health Organization (WHO) reported the first significant outbreaks of Zika virus infection involving more…
In 2007, researchers at Livermore National Laboratory announced they had developed candidate signatures for pathogens that might be…
On Jan. 17, 2006, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it had stopped recommending…
On Jan. 6, 2006, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…
On Dec. 23, 2005, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices…
On Oct. 7, 2005, Jeffery Taubenberger, AH Reid, AE Krafft, Karen Bijwaard and Thomas Fanning published a report…
On Mar. 21, 2005, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that a major public…