Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, which can be spread though infectious droplets that are exhaled as people talk, cough, or sneeze. It seems like smallpox has infected humans for as long as ...

It has been called the birthplace of modern vaccination. More than 220 years ago, the residents of an English village lined up outside a small wooden hut to have their arms scratched with a lancet as ...

The following is a brief history of vaccines starting with the first known vaccine (smallpox) to the vaccines that are being used now for COVID-19. 1796 — Smallpox vaccine. Edward Jenner used cowpox ...

Children would line up in front of the "Temple of Vaccinia" to be vaccinated against smallpox. The Jenner Trust In the late 1790s in Berkeley, England, children lined up on Sundays to get scratched by ...

Edward Jenner was an 18th century English physician and scientist who was instrumental in the development of the world’s first vaccine, which was for smallpox. There is a long and involved story ...

As the U.S. COVID-19 vaccination program reaches full stride, approximating 3 million shots per day, the time is ripe to recall the contributions of the physician-scientist who first put vaccines on ...

Long before the pandemic of 2020, there was the fear of a smallpox outbreak during the American Civil War. Remarkably, modern researchers were able to find traces of the smallpox vaccine strains used ...

As the U.S. COVID-19 vaccination program reaches full stride, approximating 3 million shots per day, the time is ripe to recall the contributions of the physician-scientist who first put vaccines on ...