People across history have contributed significantly to the history of vaccines. Meet the pioneers of vaccination from before Jenner and after Salk.
Featured Pioneer
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Stanley A. Plotkin, MD
His rubella vaccine has saved millions of lives, and that was just the beginning of his career.
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Maurice Hilleman, PhD
A prolific scientist helps create over 40 vaccinations.
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Edward Jenner, FRS FRCPE
Regarded as the father of vaccines, Dr. Jenner created the first successful vaccine in the late 1700s.
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Louis Pasteur, ForMemRS
He ushered in Germ Theory and famously experimented on a human subject to prevent rabies.
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Jonas Salk, MD
A New Yorker creates a vaccine from a killed virus and begins the work toward eradicating a childhood scourge.