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Childhood Vaccine
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Measles Vaccine
John Enders developed the measles vaccine, licensed in 1963. Enders had previously won the Nobel Pri...
Mumps Vaccine
Maurice Hilleman developed the mumps vaccine, licensed in 1967. Hilleman cultured the virus from his...
Rubella Vaccine
The rubella vaccine was developed by several researchers and licensed in 1969. Rubella, or German me...
Tetanus Vaccine
Emil von Behring and Shibasaburo Kitasato developed the tetanus antitoxin in 1890. Behring pioneered...
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. ...
Hepatitis B Vaccine
The hepatitis B vaccine was the first vaccine produced using recombinant DNA technology. Maurice Hil...
Hepatitis A Vaccine
The hepatitis A vaccine was licensed in 1995. Hepatitis A is transmitted through contaminated food a...
BCG Tuberculosis
Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin developed the BCG Bacille Calmette Guerin vaccine at the Pasteur ...
Pneumococcal Vaccine
The first pneumococcal vaccine, a 14 valent polysaccharide vaccine, was licensed in 1977. A 23 valen...
Meningococcal Vaccine
The first meningococcal vaccine, a polysaccharide vaccine, was licensed in 1978. Conjugate vaccines ...
Rotavirus Vaccine
Rotavirus is the leading cause of severe diarrhea in infants and young children worldwide. The first...
Varicella Vaccine
Michiaki Takahashi developed the varicella chickenpox vaccine in Japan in 1974. The vaccine was lice...
Haemophilus Influenzae
The Haemophilus influenzae type b Hib vaccine prevents bacterial meningitis and other invasive disea...
Pneumococcal PCV15
PCV15 Vaxneuvance by Merck and PCV20 Prevnar 20 by Pfizer were licensed for adults in 2021 and later...
Varicella Zoster UK
The UK did not routinely vaccinate children against chickenpox until the Joint Committee on Vaccinat...
Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine
Typhoid conjugate vaccines represent a major advance over older typhoid vaccines. Typbar TCV, develo...