Vaccine: The Human Story Podcast
1) 6. The Last Battle
In this episode, we chart the WHO smallpox eradication campaign - an international operation of massive manpower, unlikely allies, and sheer human determination. From the concept of "ring-fence" vacci...Show More
2) 5. Resistance and Fear
In the final years of the 19th century, a vast crowd takes to the streets of the city of Leicester, in an outburst of anger at the medical and political establishment. In this episode, we look at the...Show More
3) 4. A Gift from Heaven
At the start of the 19th century, a ship sets sail from Bengal, India, carrying a most peculiar cargo... In this episode, we look at the development of the smallpox vaccine by an English country doct...Show More
4) 3. Chasing the Sun
In this Episode of Vaccine, we look at the origins of inoculation, a precursor to vaccination which gave people immunity by deliberately infecting them with a mild case of smallpox. With origins in ...Show More
5) 2. The Forgotten Terror
Today, it’s so difficult for many of us to imagine what it must have felt like to have lived in a time when the spectre of smallpox stalked the streets. And it’s this historical emotion, this forgotte...Show More
6) 1. An Impossible Dream
In 1980, the World Health Assembly gathered to announce that one of mankind’s greatest and deadliest enemies had been finally, and completely defeated. That enemy was smallpox. In this opening episo...Show More