DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently watched a TV program about vaccines. I’ve always thought that vaccines dated to Jenner and his cowpox vaccine. The program pointed out that before Jenner started ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently watched a TV program about vaccines. I’ve always thought that vaccines dated to Jenner and his cowpox vaccine. The program pointed out that before Jenner started ...

This is a process known as variolation. What variolation does is that it causes the disease in the individual for a time. The disease though is less severe and the person hopefully doesn't die.

Gandhi and Rutherford referred to SARS-CoV-2 transmission through small inocula that penetrated masks as variolation. Masks filter droplets containing virus particles and thus could reduce viral ...

Smallpox inoculation (variolation) was widely reported in sub-Sahara Africa before, during, and after the colonial era. The infective smallpox materials and techniques used, as well as the anatomical ...

The term “vaccination” comes from “vaccinia,” the Latin name of the cowpox virus. But why do we use the moniker of a virus affecting cattle to describe an age-old technology for preventing adverse ...

Model Grace Elizabeth wears a face mask outside the Jason Wu show during New York Fashion Week S/S21 in New York City. (Photo by Daniel Zuchnik/Getty Images) So you’ve probably heard that you are ...

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I recently watched a TV program about vaccines. I’ve always thought that vaccines dated to Jenner and his cowpox vaccine. The program pointed out that before Jenner started ...