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Edward Jenner

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Name: Edward Jenner

First reported May 24 2013 - Updated May 24 2013 - 1 reports

Wellcome

Talk puts smallpox fight in the spotlight

A PROFESSOR of medicine at Bristol University will throw light on the historic fight against smallpox at the birthplace of vaccination this Bank Holiday Monday.The Wellcome Prize-shortlisted author Gareth Williams will be at the former home of Edward ... [Published This is Bristol - May 24 2013]

Entities: Smallpox, Gareth Williams, Edward Jenner, Wellcome, University of Bristol

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

New immunisation measures important

BIPARTISANSHIP between the NSW government and its opposition is a rare occurrence and it is an interesting plea from Opposition Leader John Robertson urging the government not to play politics with a bill allowing preschools and care centres to refuse ... [Published Daily Liberal - May 21 2013]

Entities: Edward Jenner, Vaccinia, John Robertson, Communicable Disease, Smallpox

First reported May 21 2013 - Updated May 21 2013 - 1 reports

BBC British Broadcasting Corp

BBC Coast presenter launches new heritage trail in Chipping Sodbury

Mayor Cllr Wendy Whittle, student Angus Braithwaite, Chamber of Commerce chairman Mark Lloyd, historian Mark Horton and Cherry Ann Knott from the Heritage Lottery Fund launch a new heritage trail in Chipping Sodbury - picture courtesy of Rich McDTHE history ... [Published Gloucestershire Gazette - May 21 2013]

Entities: Edward Jenner, Mark Horton, Krome Studios Melbourne, BBC British Broadcasting Corp, Heritage Lottery Fund

First reported May 20 2013 - Updated May 20 2013 - 1 reports

Bristol News Wire: May 20, 2013

Bringing you a round-up of the top headlines from around Bristol this morningVIPs show support for ‘no-brainer’ rail upgrade: Rail campaigners, MPs, councillors, trade unionists and Bristol’s mayor met to show their support for doubling the number of ... [Published Bristol 247 - May 20 2013]

Entities: Bristol, Edward Jenner, Brisbane (Australia), Krome Studios Melbourne

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Infectious disease doctor talks about her bug fighting job

SINGAPORE - Head of the department of infectious diseases at Tan Tock Seng Hospital and deputy clinical director at the Communicable Disease Centre Adjunct Associate Professor Lim Poh Lian counts English doctor Edward Jenner, French chemist and biologist ... [Published Asiaone - May 18 2013]

Entities: Infectious Diseases, HIV/AIDS, Patient

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

Smallpox pioneer plaque unveiled

A plaque commemorating the smallpox vaccination pioneer Edward Jenner has been unveiled in Chipping Sodbury.It is the first of six plaques installed on properties in the town to celebrate its heritage.The plaque was unveiled on Melbourne House in Horse ... [Published BBC - May 17 2013]

Entities: Edward Jenner, Smallpox, Vaccinia, Krome Studios Melbourne, Mark Horton

First reported May 17 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 1 reports

What animal provided Edward Jenner with the virus for his smallpox vaccine?

He got the idea for the vaccine when he notice that milkmaids who tended to infected cows rarely came down with the human version of the disease.In fact, before Jenner's discovery there was no such word as "vaccine." It was derived from the Latin word ... [Published WCSH-TV - May 17 2013]

Entities: Edward Jenner, Smallpox, Vaccine

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

The Day Doctors Began to Conquer Smallpox

For millennia, smallpox was humankind's deadliest foe -- that is, until Dr. Edward Jenner figured out a means of preventing it entirely. Jenner discovered a vaccine after he proved that inoculating people with a small amount of the disease cowpox would ... [Published PBS - May 14 2013]

Entities: Smallpox, Edward Jenner, Vaccinia

First reported May 15 2013 - Updated May 15 2013 - 1 reports

Beginning of the End for Smallpox

On this day in 1796, smallpox met its match in the person of Edward Jenner. His actions were the first step toward eradication of the disease, which was officially announced by the 33rd World Health Assembly almost 2 centuries later in 1980. An article ... [Published MedPage Today - May 15 2013]

Entities: Smallpox, Edward Jenner, Vaccinia, Milkmaid, Inoculum

First reported May 14 2013 - Updated May 14 2013 - 3 reports

Today in History - Frank Sinatra died

In 1643, Louis XIV became King of France at age 4 upon the death of his father, Louis XIII.In 1796, English physician Edward Jenner inoculated 8-year-old James Phipps against smallpox by using cowpox matter.In 1804, the Lewis and Clark expedition to explore ... [Published Gaston Gazette - May 14 2013]

Entities: Frank Sinatra, Natalie Appleton, Wendy Hiller, Fab Morvan, Faith Baldwin

First reported May 01 2013 - Updated May 01 2013 - 3 reports

NHSs far reaching leadership development plans

NHS’s ‘far reaching’ leadership development plansReleased 01/05/2013The health service has unveiled four new development programmes aimed at permanently changing the culture of leadership in the NHS and avoiding future management disastersThe NHS has ... [Published Practice Business - May 01 2013]

Entities: NHS, Leadership, Edward Jenner, Health Care

First reported Apr 25 2013 - Updated Apr 25 2013 - 2 reports

How vaccine scares respect local cultural boundaries.

Home » Blogs » Another book you must buy on Kindle or whatever -- Bad Science by Simon Singh:Singh: I was on Newsnight this evening, discussing the measles outbreak in Swansea, and how we can get people vaccinated with MMR when they’ve previously refused. ... [Published BioPortfolio - Apr 25 2013]

Entities: Vaccine, Smallpox, Simon Singh

Quotes

Helen Jeffrey, from the Jenner Museum, said: "the jenner trust are delighted that edward jenner has been honoured by the award of a plaque, it is likely that jenner discovered the link between cowpox and smallpox while he was training as an apprentice surgeon in sodbury."

Smallpox pioneer plaque unveiled [Published BBC - May 17 2013]

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Talk puts smallpox fight in the spotlight [Published This is Bristol - May 24 2013]
New immunisation measures important [Published Daily Liberal - May 21 2013]
BBC Coast presenter launches new heritage trail... [Published Gloucestershire Gazette - May 21 2013]
Bristol News Wire: May 20, 2013 [Published Bristol 247 - May 20 2013]
Infectious disease doctor talks about her bug f... [Published Asiaone - May 18 2013]
Smallpox pioneer plaque unveiled [Published BBC - May 17 2013]
What animal provided Edward Jenner with the vir... [Published WCSH-TV - May 17 2013]
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Beginning of the End for Smallpox [Published MedPage Today - May 15 2013]
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The Day Doctors Began to Conquer Smallpox [Published PBS - May 14 2013]
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The 'Origin of Daisy' [Published This is Gloucestershire - May 14 2013]
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Today in History - Frank Sinatra died [Published Gaston Gazette - May 14 2013]
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Blogs

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How vaccine scares respect local cultural bound... [Published GMO Pundit a.k.a. David Tribe - Apr 25 2013] Another book you must buy on Kindle or whatever -- Bad Science by Simon Singh:Singh: I was on Newsnight this evening, discussing the measles outbreak in Swansea, and how we can get people vaccinated with MMR when they’ve previously refused. In my ...
Dr. Boylston, Boston’s First First Responder [Published The Moderate Voice - Apr 16 2013] The twin explosions that rocked the finish line of the Boston Marathon took place on one of Boston’s busiest thoroughfares: Boylston Street. Commentators near and far have rightly commended the actions of the first responders – the EMT, police, race ...
Who is for victory? [Published The Reality-Based Community - Mar 09 2013] There’s now a second case of a probable true HIV cure : Dr. Persaud [of Johns Hopkins] detailed the case of a two-year-old child in Mississippi diagnosed with HIV at birth and immediately put on antiretroviral therapy. At 18 months, the child ceased ...
The Cochrane Collaborative’s Tom Jefferson make... [Published ScienceBlogs : Combined Feed - Jan 25 2013] Three years ago, the influenza season was a really big deal. The reason, of course, is that the 2009-2010 flu season was dominated by fears of the H1N1 strain, so much so that it was a rare flu season that there were two recommended vaccines, one for ...
Delivering Results and Saving Lives with New Va... [Published White House.gov Blog Feed - Dec 07 2012] Sometimes small things indicate big changes. This week, Tanzania is rolling out two new vaccines that protect against the world’s biggest childhood killers - pneumonia and diarrhea. Together these diseases account for nearly one third of child deaths ...