Vaccines – Brewminate: We're Never Far From Where We Were https://brewminate.com Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:03:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.4 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Vaccines – Brewminate: We're Never Far From Where We Were https://brewminate.com 32 32 When Rio Rose against the Needle: Oswaldo Cruz and the Vaccine Revolt of 1904 https://brewminate.com/rio-vaccine-revolt-1904/ Thu, 10 Sep 2026 15:03:25 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=277782 Rio’s smallpox vaccine worked, but the state imposed it through institutions already associated with demolition, forced removal, and

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]]> The Smallpox Epidemic and Vaccine Response That Drove Montreal to Riot in 1885 https://brewminate.com/montreal-smallpox-riot-1885/ Wed, 09 Sep 2026 15:26:18 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=277713 In 1885, a vaccine-safety failure turned Montreal’s smallpox epidemic into a crisis of trust, giving rumor new force

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]]> Anti-Vaxxers Are Trying to Reverse Decades of Progress Saving Millions of Lives https://brewminate.com/anti-vaxxers-decades-of-progress-saving-millions-of-lives-could-be-reversed/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:17:52 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=248731 Hesitancy is driven by misinformation and disinformation. By Dr. Steven WoolfSenior FellowThe Center for American Progress By Jill

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]]> Childhood Vaccination Rates Are Slipping with Rising Exemptions https://brewminate.com/childhood-vaccination-rates-are-slipping-with-rising-exemptions/ Wed, 29 Jan 2025 15:16:57 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=249247 A number of people are opting out of vaccines for their kids. By Daniel ChangCorrespondentKFF Health News By

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]]> The ‘Anti-Vax’ Movement: Vaccine Beliefs and Knowledge across Social Media https://brewminate.com/the-anti-vax-movement-vaccine-beliefs-and-knowledge-across-social-media/ Wed, 13 Apr 2022 14:02:06 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=174758 Knowledge about vaccines, both true and false, can be easily accessible but also easily confused. By Dr. Staci

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]]> A Modern History of the Search for a Vaccine to Vanquish the Plague https://brewminate.com/a-modern-history-of-the-search-for-a-vaccine-to-vanquish-the-plague/ Fri, 26 Feb 2021 19:45:31 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=147677 There are three types of plague infection — bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic — and all are caused by

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]]> The State of Science, Microbiology, and Vaccines in 1918 https://brewminate.com/the-state-of-science-microbiology-and-vaccines-in-1918/ Mon, 08 Feb 2021 19:50:31 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=146370 Many vaccines were developed and used during the 1918–1919 pandemic. Synopsis The influenza pandemic of 1918–1919 dramatically altered

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]]> Anti-Vaxxers Are a Threat to Our Collective Safety https://brewminate.com/anti-vaxxers-are-a-threat-to-our-collective-safety/ Tue, 05 May 2020 18:24:47 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?page_id=124513 They spell real trouble in the effort to build widespread immunity. The availability of a vaccine for the

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]]> Tricking the Body: A History of Vaccine Development for Polio https://brewminate.com/tricking-the-body-a-history-of-vaccine-development-for-polio/ Sun, 29 Mar 2020 18:26:44 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=120843 A vaccine tricks the body’s immune system into producing antibodies to fight a form of the virus that

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]]> The Journey of Vaccines, Past and Present https://brewminate.com/the-journey-of-vaccines-past-and-present/ Fri, 27 Mar 2020 18:42:33 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=120774 Inoculation spread all over the world and revolutionized the field of vaccination against several other infectious diseases. Introduction

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