Dateline: Edinburgh, 1802</h1> <article> <h1>Dateline: Edinburgh, 1802</h1> <p>Project Director — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 15:40:47 +0000</p> <p><em>We were pleased to see Lisa Rosner, PhD, in the Historical Medical Library here at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia the other day. Rosner, who is professor of history at Stockton College as well as an advisor to History of Vaccines, is the recipient of an NEH grant in the digital humanities to develop a role-playing game about early smallpox vaccination in Scotland.</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/dateline-edinburgh-1802" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Rukhsar's Story: A Little Girl with the Last Case of Polio in India?</h1> <p>Project Director — Fri, 13 Jan 2012 21:48:15 +0000</p> <p><em>By Lea Hegg. Originally posted on <a href="http://www.impatientoptimists.org">Impatient Optimists</a></em></p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/rukhsars-story-little-girl-last-case-polio-india" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Hotez at CHOP on Neglected Tropical Diseases</h1> <p>Project Director — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:22:03 +0000</p> <p>On Wednesday, January 11, 2012, Peter J. Hotez, MD, PhD, gave the Maurice Hilleman Pediatric Grand Rounds lecture at The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia/University of Pennsylvania.</p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/hotez-chop-neglected-tropical-diseases" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Approval of Conjugate Pneumococcal Vaccine for Adults</h1> <p>Project Director — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 16:52:51 +0000</p> <p><em>Thomas Fekete, MD, FCCP, Section Chief, Infectious Diseases; Professor, Medicine; Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology; School of Medicine, Temple University</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/approval-conjugate-pneumococcal-vaccine-adults" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>U.S. Cell Line Facility to Produce Pandemic Influenza Vaccine</h1> <p>staff2 — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 19:11:23 +0000</p> <p>A Novartis Vaccines and Diagnostics, Inc., manufacturing facility in North Carolina has geared up to produce pandemic influenza vaccine made from mammalian cell lines, rather than from the traditional chicken egg-based methods that have been used for more than 50 years.</p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/us-cell-line-facility-produce-pandemic-influenza-vaccine" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Spanish Influenza Pandemic and Vaccines</h1> <p>Project Director — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 13:57:40 +0000</p> <p><em>It’s National Influenza Vaccination Week, and we’re taking a look back to 1918, the time of the “Spanish” influenza pandemic. When the illness emerged, several useful vaccines had already been developed: smallpox, typhoid fever, and rabies, for example.</em></p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/spanish-influenza-pandemic-and-vaccines" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Meningococcal Vaccine Use Expanding in Africa</h1> <p>staff2 — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:10:11 +0000</p> <p> </p><p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/meningococcal-vaccine-use-expanding-africa" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Plotkin on CSPAN</h1> <p>Thu, 03 Nov 2011 16:48:42 +0000</p> <p>Rubella vaccine developer and History of Vaccines advisor Stanley A. Plotkin, MD, appeared on CSPAN's Washington Journal to discuss the history of vaccination and the U.S. government's role in regulating vaccines.</p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/plotkin-cspan" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Plotkin on CSPAN's Washington Journal 11/3</h1> <p>Wed, 02 Nov 2011 13:38:52 +0000</p> <p>Stanley A. Plotkin, MD, vaccine developer and History of Vaccines advisor, will appear Thursday, 11/3, on C-SPAN's Washington Journal around 9:15 am EDT. Dr. Plotkin will be discussing the history of vaccination and the role of the government in supporting research and regulating vaccine production.</p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/plotkin-cspans-washington-journal-113" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>ACIP Votes to Recommend Routine HPV Vaccination for Boys</h1> <p>staff2 — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 15:12:13 +0000</p> <p>The human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine has been recommended as part of the routine vaccination schedule for girls aged 11-12 since 2006 for the prevention of cervical cancer. In 2009, the FDA licensed the vaccine for use in males aged 9-26 years for the prevention of genital warts caused by two types of HPV, but the vaccine was not yet recommended for boys as part of the routine immunization schedule.</p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/acip-votes-recommend-routine-hpv-vaccination-boys" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Paul Offit at the Philadelphia Neurological Society</h1> <p>Project Director — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 13:22:04 +0000</p> <p>On October 12, the Philadelphia Neurological Society held one of its regular meetings at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia and invited Paul A. Offit, MD, to speak to the membership.</p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/paul-offit-philadelphia-neurological-society" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Increase in HPV Related Throat Cancers Reported</h1> <p>staff2 — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 15:45:13 +0000</p> <p>A study published in the October 3, 2011, issue of the <em>Journal of Clinical Oncology</em> reveals a startling rise in the rate of throat cancers related to human papillomavirus (HPV). The study looked at specimens from 271 throat cancers (specifically oropharyngeal squamous cell carcinomas, or OPSCC) collected over 20 years.</p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/increase-hpv-related-throat-cancers-reported" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>World Rabies Day: Rabies Vaccines</h1> <p>staff2 — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:42:55 +0000</p> <p>In honor of World Rabies Day, we’d like to draw attention to two rabies vaccines recently found in the collection of the Mütter Museum of The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.</p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/world-rabies-day-rabies-vaccines" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>An Infectious Diseases Doctor Views Contagion</h1> <p>staff2 — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 13:05:17 +0000</p> <p> <em>By Thomas Fekete, MD, FCPP, Section Chief, Infectious Diseases; Professor, Medicine; Associate Professor, Microbiology and Immunology; School of Medicine, Temple University <br /></em></p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/infectious-diseases-doctor-views-contagion" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Early Evidence of Virus Behind 1918 Flu Pandemic</h1> <p>staff2 — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:01:35 +0000</p> <p>The so-called Spanish influenza pandemic of 1918 was one of the worst natural disasters in history. Estimates of total death counts vary, but it is commonly stated that the virus infected about one-third of the world’s population and killed about 50 million – possibly as many as 100 million.</p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/early-evidence-virus-behind-1918-flu-pandemic" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Vaccine Meetings Discuss Challenges, Achievements</h1> <p>staff2 — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 18:42:28 +0000</p> <p>Two important vaccine meetings were held September 11 and 12 at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia. The September 12 meeting entitled <em>Research Integrity Challenges in Vaccine Development and Distribution for Public Health Emergencies </em>was sponsored by<em> </em>the Department of Health and Human Services, the Office of Research Integrity, Drexel University, University of Pennsylvania Center for Bioethics, and The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.</p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/vaccine-meetings-discuss-challenges-achievements" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>HOV Staff Gets the Flu Vaccine</h1> <p>staff2 — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 16:24:16 +0000</p> <p>Today the History of Vaccines staff -- that's two of us -- went out together to get the seasonal influenza vaccine. The drugstore at the corner offers walk-in shots for $27.99, and so we took a pre-lunch field trip. Our health insurance will reimburse us for most of the cost of the immunization.</p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/hov-staff-gets-flu-vaccine" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>HPV Vaccine Protects Against Anal Infection</h1> <p>staff2 — Thu, 25 Aug 2011 16:06:26 +0000</p> <p>Human papillomavirus (HPV) is primarily known for its role in causing cervical cancer. Two strains of the virus – strains 16 and 18 – are estimated to be responsible for 70% of cervical cancer cases, leading to about 500,000 new cases and 270,000 deaths worldwide each year.</p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/hpv-vaccine-protects-against-anal-infection" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>Philadelphia Vaccine Meetings 9/12 and 9/13</h1> <p>staff2 — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 15:30:30 +0000</p> <p>We are pleased to announce that two important vaccine meetings are being held at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia.</p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/philadelphia-vaccine-meetings-912-and-913" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> <article> <h1>FDA Approves Tetanus, Diphtheria, Pertussis Booster For Adults 65+</h1> <p>seanm — Tue, 19 Jul 2011 15:35:06 +0000</p> <p>In October 2010, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) issued a new recommendation for Tdap vaccination -- the booster vaccine that provides protection against tetanus, diphtheria, and pertussis (whooping cough).</p> <p><a href="http://www.historyofvaccines.org/content/blog/fda-approves-tetanus-diphtheria-pertussis-booster-adults-65" target="_blank">read more</a></p> </article> </main></body></html>