2010s in medicine

none This is a list of events associated with medicine in the 2010s. The decade was marked by several events. Longer-lasting events included the continued outflux of Afghan refugees, who were at risk for various health problems, as well as the 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak. Decade As of 2011, Afghanistan maintains its position as the largest source of refugees (a position held for 32 years) with one out of every four refugees being an Afghan and with 95% living in Pakistan or Iran.http://www.unhcr.org.uk/about-us/key-facts-and-figures.html UNHCR Facts and Figures about Refugees Refugees are at risk of a variety of health problems, including post-traumatic stress and depression, infectious disease such as tuberculosis and malaria, and consequences of possible torture, rape or trauma.Harris M Zwar N Refugee health. Australian Family Physician October 2005 34 10 825–9 16217566 From 2010 to 2013, following the 2010 Haiti earthquake, cholera breaks out in Haiti. This outbreak of cholera in Haiti results in more than 7,050 deaths and sickened more than 531,000.http://www.mspp.gouv.ht/site/downloads/Rapport%20journalier%20MSPP%20du%2022%20mars%202011.pdf Ministère de la Santé Publique et de la Population Rapport de cas Case report frhttps://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/world/americas/haitis-cholera-outraced-the-experts-and-tainted-the-un.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all& In Haiti, Global Failures on a Cholera Epidemic Deborah Sontag 31 March 2012 The New York Times 30 January 2013 https://archive.today/20130130222330/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/01/world/americas/haitis-cholera-outraced-the-experts-and-tainted-the-un.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all& 13 October 2012 dead 2010 2010s Haiti cholera outbreak Japan foot-and-mouth outbreak South Korea foot-and-mouth outbreak Zamfara State lead poisoning outbreak February In response to the UK General Medical Council investigation and findings of fraud, the editors of The Lancet medical journal fully retracted a paper by Andrew Wakefield that sparked the MMR vaccine controversy.Retraction—Ileal-lymphoid-nodular hyperplasia, non-specific colitis, and pervasive developmental disorder in children Lancet 375 9713 445 February 2010 20137807 10.1016/S0140-6736(10)60175-4 26364726 2010-02-02 http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736%2810%2960175-4/fulltext# subscription The vaccine-autism connection proposed in a paper has been described as "the most damaging medical hoax of the last 100 years".Flaherty, DK The vaccine-autism connection: a public health crisis caused by unethical medical practices and fraudulent science Ann Pharmacother 45 10 1302–4 October 2011 21917556 10.1345/aph.1Q318 39479569 October 06: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Robert G. Edwards "for the development of in vitro fertilization".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2010 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2010/press-release/ 2025-12-29 NobelPrize.org en-US 2011 200px|thumb|right|Jules A. Hoffmann, a recipient of the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011 dengue outbreak in Pakistan 2011 United States listeriosis outbreak 2011 Germany E. coli O104:H4 outbreak October 03: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to Bruce A. Beutler and Jules A. Hoffmann "for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity" and posthumously to Ralph M. Steinman "for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2011 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2011/press-release/ 2025-12-29 NobelPrize.org en-US 2012 2012 outbreak of Salmonella 2012 Sierra Leonean cholera outbreak 2012 yellow fever outbreak in Darfur, Sudan MERS outbreak New England Compounding Center meningitis outbreak Norovirus GII.4 Sydney Quảng Ngãi skin disease outbreak January 13: India celebrated one year without polio.India records one year without polio cases https://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2012/polio_20120113/en/ https://web.archive.org/web/20120823002801/http://www.who.int/mediacentre/news/releases/2012/polio_20120113/en/ dead August 23, 2012 Media Centre World Health Organization 12 October 2013 India had previously been regarded as one of the most difficult countries from which to eliminate polio, due to the high population density and low socioeconomic status in many rural areas.Roberts Leslie India Marks 1 Year Without Polio, But Global Eradication Remains Uncertain https://www.science.org/content/article/india-marks-1-year-without-polio-global-eradication-remains-uncertain 12 October 2013 Science Insider Schizophrenia was renamed in South Korea from jungshinbunyeolbyung (mind-split disorder), to johyeonbyung (attunement disorder)Lee Yu Sang Kim, Jae-Jin Kwon, Jun Soo Renaming schizophrenia in South Korea The Lancet 382 9893 683–684 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61776-6 23972810 Aug 2013 46524779 U.S. pharmaceutical company Gilead Sciences acquires Pharmasset for $11.2 billion, in anticipation of release of the hepatitis C drug sofosbuvir.Campbell Todd Gilead's Hepatitis C Drug Sofosbuvir Offers Upside http://seekingalpha.com/article/1418001-gileads-hepatitis-c-drug-sofosbuvir-offers-upside Seeking Alpha 12 October 2013 May 22: The United States preventive services task force released a guideline advising against routine screening for prostate cancer using the prostate-specific antigen test, concluding that the benefits of the testing outweighs the harms, and sparking a debate about the use of the test.Rubin Rita PSA Screening: New Round Of Guidelines Emphasizes Importance Of Weighing Harms And Benefits http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Stories/2013/June/02/psa-test-guidelines-prostate-cancer.aspx Kaiser Health News 12 October 2013US Preventative Services Taskforce Screening for Prostate Cancer http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/prostatecancerscreening.htm 12 October 2013 US Preventative Services Taskforce May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20140708060359/http://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/prostatecancerscreening.htm 8 July 2014 dead July In the USA, GlaxoSmithKline settles a court case with the Department of Justice for $3 billion, the largest pharmaceutical fraud settlement to this date, due to several allegations, including fraudulent of marketing several drugs for off-label uses, the antidepressants Paxil and Wellbutrin, and failure to include data in a Food and Drug Administration submission for the diabetic medication Avandia.https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2012/July/12-civ-842.html GlaxoSmithKline to Plead Guilty and Pay $3 Billion to Resolve Fraud Allegations and Failure to Report Safety Data 2 July 2012 justice.gov 25 August 2012 October 08: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to John B. Gurdon and Shinya Yamanaka "for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2012 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2012/press-release/ 2025-12-29 NobelPrize.org en-US 26: The National People's Congress of China passed new mental health laws, recognising the increasing awareness of mental health. One of the major changes is the emphasis that treatment must be voluntary in the majority of cases.Phillips Michael R. China's New Mental Health Law: Reframing Involuntary Treatment American Journal of Psychiatry 1 June 2013 170 6 588–591 10.1176/appi.ajp.2013.12121559 23625139 2013 Western African Ebola epidemic 2013–2014 chikungunya outbreak 2013 dengue outbreak in Singapore 2013 Swansea measles epidemic 2013–2014 Zika virus outbreaks in Oceania April 14: The first kidney grown in a rat in vitro in the U.S. was published.Song Jeremy J Guyette Jacques P Gilpin Sarah E Gonzalez Gabriel Vacanti Joseph P Ott Harald C Regeneration and experimental orthotopic transplantation of a bioengineered kidney Nature Medicine 19 5 646–651 10.1038/nm.3154 23584091 3650107 https://dash.harvard.edu/bitstream/handle/1/11879114/3650107.pdf?sequence=1 2013 May 01: China signed a new mental health law into effect.Tse Samson Mental Health Care Reforms in Asia: The Urgency of Now: Building a Recovery-Oriented, Community Mental Health Service in China Psychiatric Services 1 July 2013 64 7 613–616 10.1176/appi.ps.000022013 23821168 10722/186245 free 18: The psychiatry manual DSM-5 was formally published, revising definitions for a wide range of psychiatric illnesses, including a new definition for autism spectrum disorder and substance use disorderHighlights of Changes from DSM-IV-TR to DSM-5 http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Practice/DSM/DSM-5/Changes-from-DSM-IV-TR--to-DSM-5.pdf May 17, 2013 American Psychiatric Association September 6, 2013 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20150226050453/http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Practice/DSM/DSM-5/Changes-from-DSM-IV-TR--to-DSM-5.pdf February 26, 2015 29: Results of a phase 3 study for the first vaccine for enterovirus 71, one cause of hand foot mouth disease, were published, showing a 90% statistically significant efficacy https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-22689593 Hand, foot and mouth disease: First vaccine BBC News James Gallagher 28 May 2013Zhu Feng-Cai Meng, Fan-Yue Li, Jing-Xin Li, Xiu-Ling Mao, Qun-Ying Tao, Hong Zhang, Yun-Tao Yao, Xin Chu, Kai Chen, Qing-Hua Hu, Yue-Mei Wu, Xing Liu, Pei Zhu, Lin-Yang Gao, Fan Jin, Hui Chen, Yi-Juan Dong, Yu-Ying Liang, Yong-Chun Shi, Nian-Min Ge, Heng-Ming Liu, Lin Chen, Sheng-Gen Ai, Xing Zhang, Zhen-Yu Ji, Yu-Guo Luo, Feng-Ji Chen, Xiao-Qin Zhang, Ya Zhu, Li-Wen Liang, Zheng-Lun Shen, Xin-Liang Efficacy, safety, and immunology of an inactivated alum-adjuvant enterovirus 71 vaccine in children in China: a multicentre, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial The Lancet 381 9882 2024–2032 10.1016/S0140-6736(13)61049-1 23726161 2013 205969405 July 03: A study was published documenting the first human liver grown from stem cells in JapanTakebe, Takanori Sekine, Keisuke Enomura, Masahiro Koike, Hiroyuki Kimura, Masaki Ogaeri, Takunori Zhang, Ran-Ran Ueno, Yasuharu Zheng, Yun-Wen Koike, Naoto Aoyama, Shinsuke Adachi, Yasuhisa Taniguchi, Hideki Vascularized and functional human liver from an iPSC-derived organ bud transplant Nature 499 7459 481–484 10.1038/nature12271 23823721 2013 2013Natur.499..481T 4423004 Gallagher James Tiny stem-cell livers grown in laboratory BBC News 3 July 2013 https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-23158955 12 October 2013 October 01: Due to a contentious debate about funding for the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act the government of the United States entered a period of shutdown, causing 800,000 federal workers to be furloughed. October 1, 2013 was also the first day that many insurance exchanges went online and other sections of the act began to be implemented. https://www.nytimes.com/2013/10/01/us/politics/congress-shutdown-debate.html Government Near Broad Shutdown in Budget Impasse The New York Times September 30, 2013 Weisman Jonathan Peters Jeremy W. September 30, 2013 07: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman, and Thomas C. Südhof "for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2013 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2013/press-release/ 2025-12-29 NobelPrize.org en-US 2014 2014–2015 African cholera outbreak 2014 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak 2014 enterovirus D68 outbreak 2014 Macedonia listeriosis outbreak 2014 Odisha hepatitis outbreak 2014 Portugal legionellosis outbreak Disneyland measles outbreak October 06: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser and Edvard I. Moser "for their for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2014 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2014/press-release/ 2025-12-28 NobelPrize.org en-US 2015 2015–16 Zika virus epidemic 2015 Indian swine flu outbreak 2015 dengue outbreak in Taiwan 2015 MERS outbreak in South Korea 2015 United States H5N2 outbreak 2015 United States E. coli outbreak Shimla jaundice outbreak 2015 Bronx Legionnaires' disease outbreaks October 05: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to William C. Campbell and Satoshi Ōmura "for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites" and to Tu Youyou "for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2015 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2015/press-release/ 2025-12-28 NobelPrize.org en-US 2016 2016–2022 Yemen cholera outbreak 2016 Angola and DR Congo yellow fever outbreak 2016 United States Elizabethkingia outbreak October 03: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded to Yoshinori Ohsumi "for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2016 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2016/press-release/ 2025-12-28 NobelPrize.org en-US 2017 2017 Democratic Republic of the Congo Ebola outbreak 2017 dengue outbreak in Peshawar 2017 dengue outbreak in Sri Lanka 2017 Uganda Marburg virus outbreak 2017–2018 United States flu season 2017–2018 South African listeriosis outbreak October 02: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash and Michael W. Young "for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2017 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2017/press-release/ 2025-12-28 NobelPrize.org en-US 2018 2018–2019 Zimbabwe cholera outbreak 2018 Équateur province Ebola outbreak 2018 Madagascar measles outbreak 2018 United States adenovirus outbreak 2018 Australian rockmelon listeriosis outbreak Kivu Ebola epidemic October 01: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to James P. Allison and Tasuku Honjo "for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2018 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2018/press-release/ 2025-12-28 NobelPrize.org en-US 2019 COVID-19 pandemic 2019–2020 dengue fever epidemic 2019 dengue outbreak in Bangladesh 2019 dengue outbreak in Pakistan 2019–2020 vaping lung illness outbreak 2019 United States hepatitis A outbreak 2019–2021 polio outbreak in the Philippines 2019–2020 United States flu season 2019 Bihar encephalitis outbreak 2019 New York measles outbreak 2019 Sindh HIV outbreak 2019 Cook Islands dengue fever outbreak October 07: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is jointly awarded to William Kaelin Jr., Peter J. Ratcliffe and Gregg L. Semenza "for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability".Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2019 https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/2019/press-release/ 2025-12-28 NobelPrize.org en-US December 01: The first known case of COVID-19 in a human occurs in mainland China, leading to the COVID-19 pandemic. See also 2000s in medicine 2020s in medicine Timeline of medicine and medical technology References 2 Category:2010s in science Category:Medicine timelines