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1900-1950
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Influenza Vaccine
The first influenza vaccine was developed by Thomas Francis and Jonas Salk at the University of Mich...
Diphtheria Vaccine
The diphtheria toxoid vaccine was developed in 1923. Diphtheria was a major killer of children, caus...
Pertussis Vaccine
The pertussis or whooping cough vaccine was developed in the 1930s and widely adopted in the 1940s. ...
Yellow Fever Vaccine
Max Theiler developed the yellow fever vaccine at the Rockefeller Foundation. The 17D strain vaccine...
BCG Tuberculosis
Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin developed the BCG Bacille Calmette Guerin vaccine at the Pasteur ...
Typhus Vaccine
Rudolf Weigl developed the first typhus vaccine in Lviv, Poland in 1920. Typhus, caused by Rickettsi...
Vaccine Adjuvants
Vaccine adjuvants are substances that enhance the immune response to vaccine antigens. Aluminum salt...
Nuremberg Code Vaccines
The Nuremberg Code, established after the Nuremberg trials of Nazi doctors in 1947, set principles f...
Yellow Fever 1942
During World War II, yellow fever vaccination of US troops caused an unexpected disaster. The yellow...
Lubeck Disaster
In 1930, about 250 infants in Lubeck, Germany received BCG vaccine contaminated with virulent tuberc...
Epidemic Typhus WW2
During World War II, epidemic typhus was a major threat. The disease killed millions during previous...
Influenza 1918 Vaccine
During the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic that killed tens of millions of people, no effective vaccine ex...
Yellow Fever Construction
Yellow fever devastated construction of the Panama Canal. The disease killed thousands of workers in...
Vaccine Adjuvant Aluminum
Aluminum salts have been used as vaccine adjuvants since the 1920s. Alexander Glenny at the Wellcome...
Vaccine Manufacturing Eggs
Egg based vaccine manufacturing has been the backbone of influenza vaccine production since the 1940...
Vaccine Maternal Antibody
Maternal antibodies transferred through the placenta provide newborns with protection during their f...