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DPT vaccine Vaccines by the numbers Vaccine timeline Lives saved by childhood vaccinations, 1974–2024 Immunization
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Smallpox and the American Revolution
How smallpox inoculation helped win the American Revolution.
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Children with polio and the administration of polio vaccine
Archival footage showing children with polio, Jonas Salk giving injections of vaccine,...
Video: Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

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DPT vaccine
Designed to protect against diphtheria, pertussis, and tetanus, the DPT vaccine is...
Amanda Mills/Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
Lives saved by childhood vaccinations, 1974–2024
Vaccines and the estimates of lives saved over the period 1974–2024.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Immunization
Woman being immunized during the 1976 nationwide swine flu vaccination campaign....
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) (Image Number: 8376)
Childhood vaccination
A nurse immunizes a patient with an intramuscular vaccination.
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Vaccines by the numbers
Interactive chart displaying lives saved or birth rate increase from vaccines.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Vaccine timeline
An interactive timeline on the development of vaccines.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. / Lucia Barnum
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