Depending on when and where you were born, you might have a particular scar on your arm that everyone else around you also ...

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 ...

Vaccines are commonly made of killed, weakened, or parts of a virus which can stimulate the body's immune system. Normally, in response to vaccine administration, immunoglobulins are formed which ...

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 ...

The concept of vaccines first emerged in the 18th century when Dr. Edward Jenner purposely gave a young boy cowpox. Jenner, ...

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 ...

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 ...