I’ve always admired medical wizards who, in dire circumstances like the recent COVID-19 epidemic, somehow come up with ...

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Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an ...

Edward Jenner developed the smallpox vaccine in 1796, pioneering immunization practices. Louis Pasteur demonstrated that microorganisms cause disease and introduced pasteurization.

The smallpox vaccine was first created by Edward Jenner in 1796 after “he observed that milkmaids who previously had caught cowpox did not catch smallpox,” according to the WHO.

Edward Jenner was born on May 17, 1749, in Berkeley, Gloucestershire, England. Hailing from a humble family of clergymen, he was the eighth of nine children. Fa ...

Edward Jenner received a wealth of titles and honors for his achievment. The British Parliament awarded him £10,000 —a colossal sum for the time—later supplemented with an additional £20,000.

On May 14, 1796, Englishman Edward Jenner tested vaccination on a human subject. Building on conventional wisdom, Jenner introduced vaccination against smallpox, a disease that has now been ...

But modern-day vaccines trace their origins to the work of Edward Jenner in 1796. Jenner discovered that inoculating people with cowpox, a milder relative of smallpox, protected them against the ...