The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was approved in December of 2020, after being developed rapidly.

CORONAVIRUS VACCINE

The infamous flu shot was first researched during the Spanish Flu epidemic. New versions of the vaccine are created twice a year.

INFLUENZA VACCINE

After a devastating outbreak of the plague in Bombay, Waldemar Haffkine worked to develop a plague vaccine.

BUBONIC PLAGUE VACCINE

The rabies vaccine was first administered to 9-year-old Joseph Meister, after he was bit by a rabid dog.

RABIES VACCINE

The smallpox vaccine was created by Edward Jenner. It contained the Cowpox virus, and is considered the first vaccine.

SMALLPOX VACCINE