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Vaccines and Women’s History Month

Vincent Iannelli, MD / March 1, 2020 / Ana Wessels Williams, Anne Szarewski, Betty Bumpers, Brigitte Alice Askonas, Dorothy Horstmann, Grace Eldering, History of Vaccines, Ida Bengtson, Isabel Morgan, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Loney Clinton Gordon, Maragret Burgess, Margaret Pittman, Marguerite Vogt, Pearl Kendrick, Ruth Bishop, Ruth Kirshstein, Sarah Nelmes, Sister Elizabeth Kenny, women, women's history month

Women’s History Month is a great time to learn about these women who were involved in vaccines, vaccine research, and advocating for vaccines?

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Did Edward Jenner’s Son Die from a Vaccine Reaction?

Vincent Iannelli, MD / May 19, 2019 / cowpox, Edward Jenner, Edward Robert Jenner, ethics, History of Vaccines, inoculation, James Phipps, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Robert F Jenner, smallpox vaccine, vaccine injury, vaccine myths, variolation

Edward Jenner, known for creating the smallpox vaccine, also vaccinated his own son without any negative effects. His son, Robert, lived a healthy life and died years later from tuberculosis, not vaccine-related damage. This debunks the myth that his son suffered from vaccine reactions. The smallpox vaccine was a safer option compared to traditional variolation.

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Vaccines and Mother’s Day

Vincent Iannelli, MD / May 12, 2019 / Betty Bumpers, celebrities, History of Vaccines, Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, Polio Mother of the Year, Rosalynn Carter, smallpox, variolation

Happy Mother’s Day

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