Development of WRAI’s pan-coronavirus vaccine showed promise
On Dec. 28, 2021, researchers at the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research in Silver Spring, Maryland announced…
US DoD exercised option for IXIARO vaccine for Japanese encephalitis with Valneva
On Jan. 14, 2020, Valneva announced that the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) had exercised an option to…
Walter Reed Army Medical Center main building was rededicated and named the Heaton Pavilion
In 1994, Walter Reed Army Medical Center main building was rededicated and named the Heaton Pavilion. The Pavillion…
New Armed Forces Institute of Pathology building was built on the Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus
In 1955, a new Armed Forces Institute of Pathology building was built on the Walter Reed Army Medical…
President Franklin D Roosevelt laid the cornerstone of the Naval Medical Center Center Tower
On Nov. 11, 1940, President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) laid the cornerstone of the Tower on Armistice Day…
The Yellow Jack, co-written by Sidney Howard and Paul de Kruif was published
In 1934, The Yellow Jack, co-written by Sidney Howard, a Pulitzer- and Oscar-winning playwright and screenwriter, and Paul…
The Walter Reed Medal, a military decoration of the US Army, was created
On Feb. 28, 1929, the Walter Reed Medal, a military decoration of the U.S. Army was created by…
General John J Pershing signed the order creating the Army Medical Center
In 1923, General John J. Pershing signed the order creating the Army Medical Center on the same campus…
Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC admitted its first patient
On May 1, 1909, Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC admitted its first patient. The Commander of…
American military surgeon Walter Reed discovered that a virus causes yellow fever
In 1900, american military surgeon Walter Reed discovered that a virus causes yellow fever, a mosquito-borne hemmorrhagic disease…
Carlos Finlay proposed that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes
In 1881, Carlos Finlay, a Cuban doctor and scientist, proposed that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes. Finlay’s…