Taking flight against gravity and sound
Eradicating the world's deadliest diseases
Carving pathways through continents
Reaching into the deep cosmos
007skaty Smallpox Eradication Alliance
Side by side, side by side, Two rivals joined to heal the world
007skaty After noticing immune milkmaids, Edward Jenner scratched cowpox pus into an 8-year-old boy's arm to defeat smallpox.
In what year did Edward Jenner perform his famous experiment on young James Phipps?
What mild disease did Edward Jenner use to create the world's very first vaccine against smallpox?
007skaty A moldy sandwich represents the accidental London discovery that saved 200 million lives.
What type of organism did Alexander Fleming accidentally discover killing bacteria in his laboratory petri dish?
In which city was Alexander Fleming's laboratory located when he discovered penicillin in 1928?
Vaccine roots: The word 'vaccine' comes from the Latin word 'vacca', which means 'cow', because of Jenner's work with cowpox!
From which plant did Tu Youyou extract the revolutionary anti-malarial compound artemisinin?
In which decade did Tu Youyou make her groundbreaking discovery of artemisinin in China?
In what year did the World Health Organization officially declare smallpox completely eradicated from the planet?