Anniversary of Edward Jenner's first smallpox vaccination
39 months ago
If ever we needed a reminder of the importance of vaccination it is now with the world fighting the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The events which took place 225 years ago today in Berkeley, Gloucestershire were a milestone in medical history. In was on 14 May 1796, that Edward Jenner administered the first smallpox vaccination, a step which eventually resulted in the eradication of smallpox almost two centuries later.
Edward who was a physician in Berkeley had noticed that...
