The history of antivaccination sentiment

In 1902, a smallpox outbreak infected thousands of people across the northeastern United States. That year, in Massachusetts alone,  2,314 people were infected, and 284 died. This was not unusual for early-twentieth-century Massachusetts: The smallpox vaccine had been invented more than a century earlier and had markedly reduced the incidence of the disease, but the diminished […]Find jobs at  Careers by KevinMD.com.  Search thousands of physician, PA, NP, and CRNA jobs now.  Learn more.

Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - August 8, 2019 Category: General Medicine Authors: < span itemprop="author" > < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/caroline-castleman" rel="tag" > Caroline Castleman < /a > < /span > Tags: Conditions Public Health & Policy Source Type: blogs