Research shows people with more education are usually more likely to accept vaccines, but reasons are complex. Education helps people understand health information and spot misinformation. However, education alone isn’t enough. Read more: historyofvaccines.org/blog/does-ed...

On the latest History of Vaccines blog, we take a look at the 1889 "Russian Flu" pandemic and its possible ties to a coronavirus more than a flu virus. Regardless of what caused it, it was the first global pandemic in the industrialized age.
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You’ve probably never heard of ACIP or VRBPAC—but they’re the reason vaccines in the U.S. are safe, effective, and available. These expert committees shape the immunization policies that keep us healthy. No politics. Just science.
🧬 Full story: historyofvaccines.org/blog/how-two...

This #NationalNursesWeek, we honor Isabel Zendal, the world’s first #publichealth nurse. In 1803, she cared for orphaned children who carried the smallpox vaccine across the ocean in history’s first global vaccination campaign.
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According to Mexican health authorities, the resurgence of whooping cough post-pandemic is quite severe. Pandemic mitigation efforts brought whooping cough under control, only for it to come back. Read the full reports (Spanish) here: www.gob.mx/cms/uploads/...

"Captured on November 5, 2014, during a supplementary polio immunization campaign in Wajir Bor, Kenya, Kenyan Field Epidemiology Training Program (FETP) resident, Elvis Oyubi, was shown helping the polio vaccination team prepare to vaccinate a child…" Via CDC's Public Health Image Library (ID#19675)

"Captured in 1961, this historic photograph depicted what was taking place at a mass polio vaccination event, held in Dekalb County, Georgia, where an oral vaccination campaign was being held…" Image via the CDC's Public Health Image Library (ID#25756)

"Captured in Haiti, in April 2014, this image depicted the launch of the rotavirus vaccination campaign. With government officials present, this young child, cradled by his mother, was shown receiving the oral rotavirus vaccine…" (Public Health Image Library)

This is Mr. Irfanullah from Pakistan. He is walking in waist-deep snow to deliver life-saving polio vaccine to children in the mountains. He's not at home, comfortable. #PublicHealth takes work. Public health needs heroes. (Image via UNICEF Pakistan's Twitter feed.)

This week, we celebrate the #PublicHealth, and we're going to focus on the vaccinators. This image from 1967 took place during a measles immunization project held in Cobb County, Georgia.

The epidemic of Measles in Tx, NM, Ok., and Chih. (Mexico) continues. Updated data today from official sources. We obtained information from the ministry of health in Chihuahua, where measles cases are happening among the Mennonite community there. Over 500 cases total.

The #Epidemic of #Measles in Texas has grown to 124 cases.
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The 1989-1991 US measles epidemic led to a clinical trial in Los Angeles that tested the Edmonston-Zagreb (E-Z) vaccine on predominantly Black and Latino infants. However, the trial was marred by ethical lapses: https://buff.ly/41sdYRh

We've created a new page on History of Vaccines, explaining the concept of Herd (Community) Immunity. Check it out and let us know what you think.
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🦠 Smallpox was humanity's deadliest enemy. Last century, it killed between 300-500 million people. As late as 1967, it infected 15 million and killed 2 million annually. With vaccination, smallpox became the first human disease eradicated.
#PublicHealth #MedicalHistory #Science #Vaccination

Join us on October 15th for an important discussion on HPV and head & neck cancers at The College of Physicians of Philadelphia! 🎓🦠
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We're proud to announce a cartoon of Dr. Ruth Bishop, a pioneering virologist whose discovery of rotavirus has saved millions of lives, as the new avatar of our social media accounts! 🌍💉