The first outbreak of yellow fever was occurred on the island of Barbados
In 1647, the first outbreak of yellow fever occurred on the island of Barbados.
In 1647, the first outbreak of yellow fever occurred on the island of Barbados.
On Mar. 15, 2023, scientists at Texas A&M announced that a research study: モRNA interference is essential to…
On May 4, 2022, Oxitec announced approval from the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services, including reviews…
On Oct. 14, 2020, recognizing the urgent need for new tools to combat vector-borne diseases (VBDs), and in…
On May 7, 2019, Chembio Diagnostics announced the approval of its DPP Dengue System by Agência Nacional de…
On Jun. 19, 2015, the Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP) published recommendations for yellow fever booster doses.
On May 7, 2013, the World Health Organization (WHO) announced that the yellow fever ‘booster’ vaccination given ten…
On Jan. 3, 1978, the Yellow fever vaccine (YF-Vax by Connaught) was licensed in the U.S. The Yellow…
In 1974, the Expanded Programme on Immunization was created within WHO, in response to poor immunization levels in…
In 1963, the Aedes aegypti Eradication Branch was established to rid the Americas of the Aedes aegypti mosquito…
On May 22, 1953, thre yellow fever vaccine (Merrell National Labs) was first licensed in the U.S.
In 1947, the Zika virus was first discovered during research supported by the Rockefeller Foundation to study the…
In 1937, RML became part of the National Institute of Health. During World War II, the laboratory joined…
In 1936, Max Theiler and his colleagues developed a live attenuated vaccine for yellow fever using tissue cultures…
In 1934, The Yellow Jack, co-written by Sidney Howard, a Pulitzer- and Oscar-winning playwright and screenwriter, and Paul…
On Feb. 28, 1929, the Walter Reed Medal, a military decoration of the U.S. Army was created by…
In 1913, for the first time ever, a virus (vaccinia) was grown in cell culture, and then in…
In 1913, Japanese immunologist and bacteriologist Hideyo Noguchi discovered that Treponema pallidum (syphilitic spirochete) was the cause of…
On May 1, 1909, Walter Reed General Hospital in Washington, DC admitted its first patient. The Commander of…
In 1908, Milton J. Rosenau and John F. Anderson established the standard unit for tetanus antitoxin. A pioneer…
In 1900, american military surgeon Walter Reed discovered that a virus causes yellow fever, a mosquito-borne hemmorrhagic disease…
In 1881, Carlos Finlay, a Cuban doctor and scientist, proposed that yellow fever was transmitted by mosquitoes. Finlay’s…
In 1879, following yellow fever outbreaks, the U.S. Congress established the National Board of Health, in part to…
In 1878, the yellow fever epidemic raged along the Mississippi River Valley.
In 1832, Asiatic cholera epidemic hit New York City with particular ferocity. Sanitary cordons, or quarantine, were the…
In 1800, a yellow fever outbreak killed 1,200 people in Baltimore. The presence of an abundance of mosquito-breeding…
In 1799, Philadelphia (then capital of the U.S.) construct an expansive quarantine station called the Lazaretto along the…
On Jul. 16, 1798, the Marine Hospital Service, predecessor to the National Institutes of Health (NIH), was established…
In 1793, after 31 years of absence a yellow fever epidemic struck Philadelphia killing thousands of city residents…
In 1738, New York City Council established a quarantine anchorage off Bedloe’s Island, now known as home of…