La vacuna, el gran invento de la medicina

En 1897, la expedición encabezada por Salomon Andrée desapareció sin dejar rastro en medio del Ártico; sus restos fueron hallados treinta años más tarde 

Según una célebre frase de Suetonio, autor de la biografía más detallada del emperador, si al comienzo Calígula actuó como un «príncipe», pronto se convirtió en un «monstruo». 

Right now vaccinations are all over the news. There are many companies that have developed vaccines for COVID-19 and there is a good chance that most people in the world will wind up getting a vaccine in the next year or two. Many of you may never have given much thought to what ...  Show more

May 14, 1796. Edward Jenner puts a theory to the test: can contracting one disease save you from another? Jenner goes down in history as the man who brought us one of the greatest advances in modern medicine: the vaccine. Its discovery led to the eradication of smallpox, a virus ...  Show more

Until now, the fastest vaccine ever made - for mumps - took four years. And while our current effort to develop a covid-19 vaccine involves thousands of people working around the clock, the mumps vaccine was developed almost exclusively by one person: Maurice Hilleman. Hillema ...

You might have heard about the COVID variants that have some people worried, and how effective the current vaccine will be against them. But not to worry, we’ve got the sweet sweet data from the Lancet, and some good news regarding the (specifically Pfizer) vaccine. And if you ...