Prioritising personal whims over tested science, ignoring vaccine-preventable diseases, and devaluing international ...

A lot of people are staunchly pro-vaccines, some are militant anti-vaxxers and much of the population is wondering what all the fuss is about. If you already have a firm viewpoint on the question of ...

The advent of vaccinations came when a scientist, by the name of Edward Jenner, discovered that an individual exposed to a ...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s nomination to lead HHS reflects the rising power of an anti-vaccination movement more than 100 years ...

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” The words are Ecclesiastes 1:9 – among my ...

This killed 100 per cent of mice even if they had been given anti-viral drugs as well as a vaccine that would normally ... used to genetically alter the cowpox virus, which infects a range of ...

Cowpox-based smallpox vaccines ... In 1902, the city of Cambridge, Mass., made the smallpox vaccine obligatory for all municipal residents; if they refused, they would incur a $5 penalty.

It can be traced back as far as the 18th century with Edward Jenner’s discovery of the smallpox vaccine. Because it was made from cowpox, people at the time were afraid that if they got the ...

In later years, Edward Jenner, who was 13 years old when Lady Mary died, developed the much safer technique of vaccination using cowpox instead of smallpox. As vaccination gained acceptance, ...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President Trump’s nominee to be health secretary, would have oversight power over the vaccine’s maker, Merck, if confirmed. By Christina Jewett and Sheryl Gay Stolberg ...

The cow’s amazing ability to sustain itself by eating nothing but grass is one of the marvels of nature, but it comes at a cost. As grass ferments in the rumen — one of four compartments in ...

A vaccine could be an alternative, and the Pirbright Institute in the UK, a virology lab focusing on livestock, is leading a three-year study to develop one. “The appeal of a vaccine as part of ...