Maurice Hilleman

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Maurice Hilleman

Vaccines by the numbers

Gloved hands draw liquid from a vial into a syringe, overlaid on a digitally colored microscopic image of a virus with round particles in clusters.

Vaccine timeline

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Lisa Taylor receives a COVID-19 vaccination from RN Jose Muniz as she takes part in a vaccine study at Research Centers of America, August 07, 2020 in Hollywood, Florida. Research Centers of America is currently conducting COVID-19 vaccine trials, impleme

How Is a Vaccine Approved for Use?

Illustration by the CDC, reveals ultrastructural morphology exhibited by coronaviruses. Note the spikes on the outer surface of the virus, which impart the look of a corona surrounding the virion, when viewed electron microscopically. A novel coronavirus,

The Top COVID-19 Vaccine Myths Spreading Online

Young boy receiving a vaccine shot (child, vaccines, vaccinations, health care).

Do Vaccines Cause Autism?

H1N1 influenza virus particles. Colorized transmission electron micrograph. Surface proteins on surface of the virus particles shown in black. Influenza flu

10 Ways of Looking at Cells

Doctor wearing medical gloves with vaccine syringe in foreground. Vaccination concept

How Do Vaccines Work?

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King Cobra snake in Malaysia. (reptile)

9 of the World’s Deadliest Snakes

Hemp (Cannabis sativa).

9 Mind-Altering Plants

Easter Procession of Maria Santisima del Sacromonte in Granada, Spain. This statue is known as Virgen de los Gitanos or The Virgin of the Gypsies.

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Battle of the Alamo from "Texas: An Epitome of Texas History from the Filibustering and Revolutionary Eras to the Independence of the Republic, 1897. Texas Revolution, Texas revolt, Texas independence, Texas history.

6 Wars of Independence

Candles Burning On Table In Church

What Is the Most Widely Practiced Religion in the World?

pg 229Nazi parade features a banner proclaiming, "Death to Marxism."The possibility of a peaceful Germany after World War I was precluded entirely by the terms of the Versailles Treaty and theintransigent hostility of France and England. Stripped of indu

Were the Nazis Socialists?

Illustration for Demystified "How Dangerous is Quicksand"

How Deadly Is Quicksand?

Maurice Hilleman: Media

American microbiologist

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Gloved hands draw liquid from a vial into a syringe, overlaid on a digitally colored microscopic image of a virus with round particles in clusters.

How we develop new vaccines

Worried about diphtheria? No? Thank vaccines.

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Maurice Hilleman

Maurice Hilleman

American microbiologist Maurice Hilleman specialized in vaccinology, developing more...

Walter Reed Army Medical Center/National Library of Medicine, Bethesda, Maryland

Interactives

Vaccines by the numbers

Vaccines by the numbers

Interactive chart displaying lives saved or birth rate increase from vaccines.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.

Vaccine timeline

Vaccine timeline

An interactive timeline on the development of vaccines.

Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. / Lucia Barnum

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