Medically reviewed by Geetika Gupta, MD Key Takeaways Dr. Edward Jenner invented the first vaccine for smallpox in ...

Visitors to Jenner’s Hut could be forgiven for believing they’d stepped into a J.R.R. Tolkien novel. This tiny garden shed is tucked away on a quiet path winding through a rewilded English garden, ...

During the Revolutionary War, more American soldiers died from disease than from musket shot. One out of every three soldiers infected with smallpox died. In the cramped conditions of military ...

In the early 1800s, Denmark’s government, medical community, church leaders and school teachers all united to promote the new smallpox vaccine, which led to a remarkably quick elimination of the disea ...