The concept of vaccines first emerged in the 18th century when Dr. Edward Jenner purposely gave a young boy cowpox. Jenner, subsequently, exposed the boy to smallpox. Interestingly, the boy did not ...

A strong contemporary anti-vaccination movement, as exemplified by the opinions of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and others, prompts us to examine the history of the vaccine movement, how we got here, and ...

Experts call the health implications “dire” with some fearing Kennedy could set off a fresh round in the school culture wars ...

But the final breakthrough was caused by Edward Jenner, who, while aged 13 and living in England in 1749, heard a dairy maid say, “I shall never have smallpox for I have had cowpox. I shall ...

The smallpox vaccine is not a form of variola virus, but a preparation of vaccinia (a form of cowpox) virus. In 1796, Edward Jenner, a British physician, demonstrated that infection caused by ...

More than 200 years ago, physician Edward Jenner made a crucial-discovery which led to the first vaccine. He found that milkmaids who developed cowpox through working close to the animals day ...

The CDC Museum is more than just a collection of exhibits – it’s a testament to human ingenuity, scientific progress, and our ...

BRIAN LOCKHART As part of my work, I do a lot of research. Some of that research is about local history. As such, I have spent considerable time at the sites of ghost towns, pioneer cemeteries, ...