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1879
First
vaccine for cholera
1890
First
vaccine for tetanus
1896
First
vaccine for
typhoid
fever
1897
First
vaccine for bubonic
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1901 |
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The
first case report of
food allergy (cows' milk allergy) was published by Hamburger in
1901. |
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1917
Cholera vaccine
1917
Typhoid vaccine (parenteral)
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1920 |
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At Google books, the “Peanut Allergy Answer” book says
1920 was the first reference of a nut allergy. |
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1921
First
vaccine for diphtheria
1926 First vaccine for pertussis
(whooping cough)
1927 First vaccine for tuberculosis
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1933 |
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The pertussis vaccine's ability
to kill was first signaled in 1933
when T. Madsen reported two babies died within minutes of vaccination. |
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1934 |
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Dr.
Vaughan studied an entire village of 508 people who lived in and around
Clover, Virginia ..which meant that 60 percent of the population
studied, had some degree of allergy....Out of the 60 percent of people who
had major and minor allergies who where were able to attribute symptoms to
definite causes…”62.6 percent reacted to foods..”14 |
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1935
Yellow Fever vaccine
1945 First vaccine for
influenza |
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1950 |
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When the first case of sesame allergy was
reported in 1950, the allergen was considered anything but ordinary. |
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1952 First vaccine for
polio
1955
Inactivated
polio vaccine licensed |
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1960
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children
received on average one or two vaccines |
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1961
Monovalent
oral polio vaccine licensed.
1963
Trivalent
oral polio vaccine licensed
1964 First vaccine for measles
1967 First vaccine for mumps
1968-69
Rubella vaccine licensed
1970 First vaccine for
rubella
1970
Anthrax vaccine manufactured by the Michigan Department of Public
Health.
1971
Measles,
Mumps, Rubella vaccine licensed (MMR).
1971
Routine smallpox vaccination ceases in the United States.
1974
First vaccine for chicken
pox
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1976 |
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At Google books, the “Peanut Allergy Answer” book says
that there was no research in the field of peanut allergy until 1976. |
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1977 First vaccine for pneumonia
(Streptococcus
pneumoniae)
1978 First vaccine for
meningitis
(Neisseria meningitidis)
1978 the CDC added the triple shot
MMR
(measles, mumps, rubella) to the growing baby immunization program.
1978
Fluzone, the current flu vaccine
that is made by Aventis pasteur, was licensed. |
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1980
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children
received 8-9 vaccines |
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1980
Meningococcal polysaccharide vaccine, groups A, C, Y, W135 combined (Menomune) |
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1981 |
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the
prospective UCLA/FDA study published in Pediatrics in 1981 comparing DT
and DPT vaccines would find that 1 in 875 DPT shots is followed by either
a convulsion or collapse shock episode within 48 hours of vaccination. |
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1982
Hepatitis B vaccine becomes available. |
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1983
Pneumococcal vaccine, 23 valent |
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The
rapid increase in nut allergy has been quite alarming especially when
one considers that Dr Hide described the first case of Brazil nut
anaphylaxis in the UK as recently as 1983. |
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1985
The FDA
gave a license to Praxis Biologicals for the first HIB vaccine for use in 24 month old children and, shortly after, Lederle and Connaught
also were given licenses to manufacture HIB vaccine.
1986
Licensure
of first recombinant vaccine (hepatitis B)
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1988 |
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At Google books, the “Peanut Allergy Answer” book says - In
1988 four people died of peanut allergy. |
| 1989
Two-dose measle vaccine recommendation |
...the Centers for
Disease Control mandated that vaccines increase. Vaccines increased from 10
to 24 |
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1990
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children
were routinely given 10 vaccinations |
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1990 Licensure of first
polysaccharide
conjugate vaccine (Haemophilus influenzae type b)
1991
Universal infant hepatitis B vaccination recommended
for all infants
1991
Acellular
pertussis vaccine (DTaP) licensed for use in older children
aged 15 months to six years old.
1993
Japanese encephalitis vaccine |
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1994 |
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According to the journal, the
first known case
of lupin allergy
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1995
Varicella
vaccine licensed
1995
Hepatitis A vaccine licensed.
1996 Acellular
pertussis vaccine licensed for infants |
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| 1997 Sequential
polio vaccination recommended |
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1 in 250 young children had peanut
allergy in the US
The
incidence of food allergy in children is approximately 1.3% and among adults
0.3% according to Chandra (1997).
According to Statistics Canada,
there were 6 deaths due to food anaphylaxis in 1997
first known case of allergy to
ingested pectin. A 3 1/2-year-old boy developed
anaphylaxis once after eating Cashew nut and later after eating a
pectin-containing fruit “smoothie”. |
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1999
First rotavirus vaccine licensed. |
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1999
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Combination
vaccines: To complete the 1999 Recommended
Childhood Schedule in the United States,1,2
a minimum of 13 separate injections are needed to immunize a child from
birth to age six years, using vaccines licensed in the United States
as of April 10, 1999. |
Approximately
125 people die each year in the USA secondary to food-induced
anaphylaxis.80
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2000
Pneumococcal
conjugate vaccine (Prevnar) recommended for all young children. |
Children now receive 33 vaccines
before they enter
school – a huge increase.
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2002 |
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1 in 125 young children had peanut
allergy in the US
O’Brien tells IB News “That
year there was a 50 percent increase in soy allergies that year alone in
children and adults.
From 1997 to 2002
within five years of the introduction of GE soy peanut allergies doubled.”
In France,
according to
Le réseau d'allergovigilance,
by Gisèle Kanny, Médecine Interne, Immunologie Clinique et Allergologie,
Hôpital Central 54035 Nancy cedex: there were 107 reported cases of serious
anaphylactic reactions due to food allergy in 2002 (in 33 children and 74
adults), including two fatalities due to soy and peanut. The prevalence of
food allergy in the French population is estimated to be 3.24%. |
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2003
First live attenuated influenza vaccine licensed (FluMist) for use
in 5 to 49 year old persons.
2003
The CDC recommended that
children 6 to 23 months of age receive an annual flu vaccination.
2003
First Adult Immunization Schedule introduced. |
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To the best of our knowledge, this is the first case of
allergy to lingonberry.
Asthma increased 75% since 1980 |
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2004
Inactivated
influenza vaccine recommended for all children 6 to 23 months of age.
2004
Pediarix,a
vaccine that combines the DTaP, IPV, and Hep B vaccines, into one shot, is
approved. |
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"The
number of American children suffering from
life threatening peanut
allergies
has doubled in the past five years and the number
of Americans with food allergies has
risen from 6 million to 11 million. This runs parallel
with the doubling of asthma, learning disabilities, ADHD;
the tripling of diabetes
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2005
Boostrix and Adacel, Tdap vaccines, are approved for
teens.
2005
Menactra, a new meningococcal vaccine is approved for
people between the ages of 11 to 55 years of age. |
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2006
RotaTeq is a new rotavirus vaccine from Merck.
2006
ProQuad
is a new vaccine that combines the MMR and Varivax vaccines for measles,
mumps, rubella, and chicken pox into a single shot.
2006
Gardasil, the first HPV vaccine is approved. |
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At the
2006 Annual Meeting of the AAAA&I in Miami,.FL., Dr Marie-Noel Primeau from
the Allergy Service of Ste Justine Hospital, Montreal, presented
First reaction to nuts or
peanuts from candy bars labelled 'may contain nuts/peanuts' in older
children. |
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2007
A booster
dose of Varivax, the chickenpox vaccine, is now recommended for all
children.
2007
The
recommended age for Flumist, the nasal spray flu vaccine, was lowered to
two years.
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American children were being told by government health officials and
pediatricians to get 48 doses of 14
vaccines by age
six and 53-56 doses of
15 or 16 vaccines by
age 12. In May 2007,
CNN Money
reported predictions that vaccine industry sales will more than double by
2010. |
The Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention has released the first federal study
focused on childhood food allergies -- with
surprising results. The study, released last month, found that the
number of children with food allergies is on the rise,
with an 18 percent increase of reported cases over the past decade.
In 2007, about 3 million children under age 18 reported food or digestive
allergies during the previous 12-month period. |
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2008
Kinrix, a
combination of DTaP and IPV that can be used for children between the ages
of 4 and 6 is approved.
2008 Pentacel, a combination of DTaP, IPV and Hib is
approved.
2008 Rotarix, a two dose rotavirus vaccine is approved. |
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Approximately 12 million Americans suffer from food allergy, with 6.9
million allergic to seafood and 3.3 million allergic to peanuts or tree
nuts. 18
Approximately 2.2 million school-aged children have food allergy.
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One in every 17 children
under the age of 3 has food allergy. 18
It is estimated that more than 150 people die annually from anaphylaxis
to food.19 |
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A generation ago, a child with an allergy was virtually
unheard of. |
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