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Vaccine
15 medications
Smallpox Vaccine
The first successful vaccine, developed by Edward Jenner in 1796. Jenner noticed that milkmaids who caught cow...
Polio Vaccine
Developed by Jonas Salk and licensed in 1955, the injected polio vaccine uses killed virus. Albert Sabin later...
MMR Vaccine
A combined vaccine protecting against measles, mumps, and rubella. The MMR vaccine was developed by Maurice Hi...
Influenza Vaccine
One of the most widely used vaccines, given to hundreds of millions of people each year. Flu vaccine effective...
COVID-19 Vaccine
The fastest vaccine development in history, going from virus identification to emergency authorization in unde...
HPV Vaccine
A vaccine against human papillomavirus, the cause of cervical cancer. HPV vaccines prevent infection with the ...
Tetanus Vaccine
A vaccine against tetanus, a bacterial infection causing severe muscle spasms. Tetanus bacteria are found in s...
Hepatitis B Vaccine
The first vaccine against a sexually transmitted infection and the first anti cancer vaccine, as hepatitis B c...
BCG Vaccine
The Bacillus Calmette Guerin vaccine against tuberculosis, developed by Albert Calmette and Camille Guerin. BC...
Yellow Fever Vaccine
A vaccine against yellow fever, a mosquito borne viral disease found in tropical Africa and South America. The...
Shingles Vaccine
A vaccine against herpes zoster or shingles, a painful rash caused by reactivation of the chickenpox virus. Th...
Pneumococcal Vaccine
A vaccine against Streptococcus pneumoniae bacteria, which cause pneumonia, meningitis, and blood infections. ...
Meningococcal Vaccine
A vaccine against Neisseria meningitidis, a bacteria that causes meningitis and blood infections. Meningococca...
Rabies Vaccine
Developed by Louis Pasteur in 1885, the rabies vaccine was the second vaccine developed for humans, after smal...
Cholera Vaccine
One of the earliest vaccines, developed for cholera, a waterborne bacterial infection causing severe diarrhea....