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Vaccine
A vaccine is a biological preparation that improves immunity to a particular disease. A vaccine typically contains an agent that resembles a disease-causing microorganism, and is often made from weakened or killed forms of the microbe or its toxins...
Timeline of Events
1885
7.6.1885
Louis Pasteur successfully tests his vaccine against rabies. The patient is Joseph Meister, a boy who was bitten by a rabid dog.
1932
4.28.1932
A vaccine for yellow fever is announced for use on humans.
1954
2.23.1954
The first mass inoculation of children against polio with the Salk vaccine begins in Pittsburgh.