I picked this book up with eager anticipation and put it down with a mixture of admiration and disappointment. Written by a French-speaking immunologist and translated into English, the book deals ...

A plaque dedicated to vaccine pioneer Edward Jenner has been unveiled to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his death. It stands outside The Old School, on Park Lane, Cirencester, where he was a ...

A section of cow horn, inscribed 'G C Jenner, 1825'; possibly a relic of a cow called 'Blossom' - the source of the first vaccination fluid. 'G C' is Edward Jenner's (1749-1823) nephew, George ...

Today there is mounting concern about the threat of a bioterrorist attack using smallpox—so much concern that in October 2001 the American government decided to order enough vaccine to protect ...

Krylova, Olga Earn, David J. D. and Dobson, Andy P. 2020. Patterns of smallpox mortality in London, England, over three centuries. PLOS Biology, Vol. 18, Issue. 12, p ...

Vaccines have been a staple of modern medicine since Edward Jenner’s pioneering work with smallpox in 1796, but it is relatively recently that a professional society was formed to support the ...