Nov. 5 -- Smallpox vaccines are being administered to a number of health-care workers at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The inoculations will help boost the ability to control a ...
From eradicating smallpox to battling the COVID-19 pandemic, these vaccine pioneers have helped make colossal strides in ...
For more than two centuries, vaccines have been humanity’s most effective shield against viral disease. In 1800, Boston physicians began using Edward Jenner’s smallpox inoculation; by 1809, ...
Defending COVID-19 policies against legal challenges, government officials relied heavily on Jacobson v. Massachusetts, a 1905 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a smallpox vaccine mandate ...
The vaccine was first approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in 2007 for active immunization for the prevention of smallpox disease in individuals determined to be at high risk for ...
Defending COVID-19 policies against legal challenges, government officials relied heavily on Jacobson v. Massachusetts, a 1905 case in which the U.S. Supreme Court upheld a smallpox vaccine mandate ...
This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. On Sept. 3, 2025, Florida announced its plans to be the ...
This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Lauren MacIvor Thompson is an Assistant Professor of ...