vaccination

Hesitancy and opposition to vaccines has existed in the past, and such awareness provides needed context to the COVID-19 pandemic and vaccine within American history.

The march toward revolution in America coincided with a smallpox epidemic. True freedom now meant freedom from disease as well.

The practice of vaccination in the U.S. cannot be divorced from the history of slavery.

Uptake of COVID vaccines for kids has been slow, but it has been slow for other vaccines too.

Shibutani, Haruo Najima, and Tomika Shibutani reported that the vaccination lines stretched as long as 200 yards. “The conditions were atrocious.”

How a team of fearless American women overcame medical skepticism to stop whooping cough, a vicious infectious disease, and save countless lives.

Understanding the battle over immunization—from the pre-Victorian era onward—between public health and the people may help in treating anti-vax sentiment.

Benjamin Franklin's writing about losing his son to smallpox is a must-read for parents weighing COVID-19 vaccines today.

In 1956, Elvis Presley was vaccinated backstage at The Ed Sullivan Show in order to encourage teenagers to get the polio vaccination.

Hundreds of scientists had worked on mRNA vaccines for decades before the coronavirus pandemic brought a breakthrough.

The forgotten history of Soviet-American vaccine diplomacy.

Vaccines against smallpox during the Revolutionary War are one example of how mandates have protected the health of Americans for more than two centuries.

Those who claim that vaccine resistance is an expression of liberty are historically illiterate.

Colonial America was divided over smallpox inoculation, but he championed science to skeptic.

While smallpox was ravaging late 18th century Britain, John Haygarth thought up of a plan to pay people for public health compliance.

Sixty-six years ago, people celebrated the polio vaccine by embracing in the streets. Our vaccine story is both more extraordinary and more complicated.

History shows that the benefits of such a system can extend far beyond the venues into which such a passport would grant admission .

Nearly two centuries later, many tribes remain suspicious of the drive to get them vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Three hundred years ago, Cotton Mather starred in a debate about treating smallpox that tore Boston apart.

Distributing them equally is key to defeating the coronavirus.