Rio’s smallpox vaccine worked, but the state imposed it through institutions already associated with demolition, forced removal,...
Vaccines
Explore the history of vaccines from early inoculation to modern immunization campaigns. These studies examine scientific breakthroughs alongside public resistance and the continuing struggle to earn trust.
In 1885, a vaccine-safety failure turned Montreal’s smallpox epidemic into a crisis of trust, giving rumor new...
Hesitancy is driven by misinformation and disinformation. By Dr. Steven WoolfSenior FellowThe Center for American Progress By...
A number of people are opting out of vaccines for their kids. By Daniel ChangCorrespondentKFF Health News...
Knowledge about vaccines, both true and false, can be easily accessible but also easily confused. By Dr....
There are three types of plague infection — bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic — and all are caused...
Many vaccines were developed and used during the 1918–1919 pandemic. Synopsis The influenza pandemic of 1918–1919 dramatically...
They spell real trouble in the effort to build widespread immunity. The availability of a vaccine for...
A vaccine tricks the body’s immune system into producing antibodies to fight a form of the virus...
Inoculation spread all over the world and revolutionized the field of vaccination against several other infectious diseases....
In the 1850s, smallpox vaccination became compulsory in Britain. But the influence of anti-vaccination campaigners meant outbreaks...
With the rapid pace of vaccine development in recent decades, the historic origins of immunization are often...
Essential drops: a child gets the polio oral vaccine in northern Nigeria’s Borno region. Health workers go...