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Columnist Patrice Apodaca talks to a pediatric infectious diseases expert about why measles outbreaks among children are a ...
Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an ...
English physician Edward Jenner (1749-1823) developed a vaccine for smallpox in 1796 while practicing as a country doctor in his native Gloucestershire.
Opera can take many forms and fulfil many purposes: this chamber opera by Zakiya Leeming and Sam Redway is about vaccination.
We often spend a great deal of time evaluating our options when buying a house or car. We should spend just as much effort thinking about our healthcare choices.
Smallpox, once a deadly global scourge, became the first eradicated disease thanks to an accidental discovery by Edward ...
Technically, it means inoculation with the vaccinia virus, which is the cowpox virus. In 1796, Jenner discovered that this procedure triggered immunity against smallpox.
Since Edward Jenner pioneered the smallpox vaccine in the 1700s, they’ve significantly reduced disease rates around the world and are credited with saving millions of lives—primarily in low ...
Edward Jenner and two colleagues seeing off three anti-vaccination opponents, the dead smallpox victims are littered at their feet. Coloured etching by I. Cruikshank, 1808. Cruikshank, Isaac, ...
Insects possess a remarkable ability to develop innate immune memory, and the mechanisms underlying this process are becoming a central topic in innate immunity research.
Kylie Jenner has been fairly candid about the cosmetic surgery procedures she's received over the years The Kylie Cosmetics founder started getting temporary lip fillers in 2015 and has gone back ...
Kylie Jenner ’s 7-year-old daughter, Stormi Webster, has just learned some information about her famous mom that has left her with her jaw on the floor, literally. On Monday, June 16, Jenner, 27 ...