• The Story of the Flu Vaccine (Re-Release)

  • Oct 24 2024
  • Length: 48 mins
  • Podcast

The Story of the Flu Vaccine (Re-Release)

  • Summary

  • It's that time of year again, everyone rolling up their sleeves to get a flu shot. This throwback episode dives into the history of the struggles pinning down the causative agent of flu and the journey to the vaccine!

    • Intro 0:40
    • In this episode 1:11
    • The history of the flu: 1892 1:41
    • What do we know about viruses? 6:29
    • Rabies and dead virus 11:17
    • A Sickness in the Serum, Part 2 14:43
    • 1918 16:44
    • Vaccines and trials 19:13
    • Pig influenza 23:12
    • Influenza: a filterable agent we can’t see 27:01
    • The trials of 1942 33:02
    • PS: 1918 influenza 38:57
    • Thanks for listening 47:42

    Disclosures: Brown reports no relevant financial disclosures.

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    References:

    Hicks DJ, et al. Clin Exp Immunol. 2012;doi:10.1111/j.1365-2249.2012.04592.x.

    Rosenau MJ. Experiments Upon Volunteers to Determine the Cause and Mode of Spread of Influenza, Boston, November and December, 1918. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/f/flu/3750flu.0016.573. Published February 1921. Accessed December 6, 2023.

    Rosenau MJ, et al. JAMA. 1925;doi:10.1001/jama.1925.02670070040019.

    Taubenberger JK, et al. Antivir Ther. 2007;12(4 Pt B):581-91.

    Tobin J. The first flu shot. https://heritage.umich.edu/stories/the-first-flu-shot/. Accessed December 6, 2023.

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