Edward Jenner administered his revolutionary smallpox vaccine in this tiny garden shed over 200 years ago. Conservationists ...

The simplified, somewhat apocryphal story I was taught about the origins of vaccines is this one: In 1796, at the height of the smallpox epidemic, physician Edward Jenner noticed that milkmaids who ...

Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an entry in Wikipedia, it is highly relevant today. Understanding the ...

A British landmark where modern medicine was revolutionised is in desperate need of repair after years of wear and tear. Dr ...