Laws tying school attendance to vaccination go back to the 1800s. Introduction The ongoing battles over COVID-19...
Vaccine
Nutrition, sleep, exercise, and a host of other lifestyle choices help but are no substitute for life-saving...
Coronavirus vaccines had prevented 140,000 deaths by May 9, 2021. That number is of course higher today....
In the summer of 1776, Boston offered smallpox inoculation to everyone and required those who declined to...
mRNA technologies have been catapulted into the public spotlight. Introduction Vaccines have long been an integral part of public...
People tend to stick with their stated beliefs, often because they’re too proud to change them. Introduction...
The loud voices against the vaccine don’t proclaim their own fears. Getting a COVID-vaccine is now totally...
Anti-vaccine activists are using the side effect reporting system to spread fear and misinformation about the COVID-19...
People who forge their own vaccine cards, or buy forged cards, are already facing legal problems, including...
Two places in particular have been suggested as the original ‘birthplace of inoculation’. Edward Jenner (1749–1823), a...
George Washington knew the horrors of smallpox from personal experience. Health officials are welcoming celebrity endorsements of...
He raised donations to pay local doctors to perform the procedure and to pay poor families for...
Exploring the widespread worry in Georgian Britain that immunity came with beastly side effects. By Erica X....
How do vaccines trigger and train the immune system, and what is the role of herd immunity?...
Dr. Conis’s current research focuses on scientific controversies, science denial, and the public understanding of science. Elena...
Today we talk easily of viruses, but in Edward Jenner’s day they were completely unknown. The time...
Vaccination led ultimately to the eradication of smallpox, one of the great achievements of medicine. By Arthur...
They were the first to be fully inoculated against polio. Today is a different picture. Introduction Sixty-four...
Many vaccines were developed and used during the 1918–1919 pandemic. Synopsis The influenza pandemic of 1918–1919 dramatically...
The Cutter Incident was a tragic error showed how complicated it can be to distribute vaccines on...
The transition to use of diphtheria antitoxin to treat ill humans happened quickly. It’s hard to identify...
Introduction The scientific work that led to the discovery of the causes of infections was possibly the...
The close of the 19th century also witnessed dramatic discoveries in the new science of bacteriology that...
The Cutter Incident led in part to the development of a polio vaccine that was more dangerous....
Incidents of polio increased to epidemic proportions after 1900. What was going on? Introduction Poliomyelitis (polio) is...
A vaccine tricks the body’s immune system into producing antibodies to fight a form of the virus...
Vaccination led ultimately to the eradication of smallpox, one of the great achievements of medicine. By Arthur...
Inoculation spread all over the world and revolutionized the field of vaccination against several other infectious diseases....
His work led to systematically developing, testing, and popularizing inoculation that saved countless lives. Introduction Edward B....
He had to deal with critics like Walter Winchell, who warned, “It may be a killer.” It...