Timeline of human vaccines

• 1796 – Edward Jenner develops and documents first vaccine for smallpox. ==19th century==

• 1881 - First vaccine for anthrax by Louis Pasteur • 1884-1885 – First vaccine for cholera by Jaime Ferran y Clua • 1885 – First vaccine for rabies by Louis Pasteur and Émile Roux • 1890 – First vaccine for tetanus (serum antitoxin) by Emil von Behring • 1896 – First vaccine for typhoid fever by Almroth Edward Wright, Richard Pfeiffer, and Wilhelm Kolle • 1897 – First vaccine for bubonic plague by Waldemar Haffkine ==20th century==

• 1921 – First vaccine for tuberculosis by Albert Calmette • 1941 – First vaccine for tick-borne encephalitis • 1952 – First vaccine for polio by a Jonas Salk • 1954 – First vaccine for Japanese encephalitis • 1957 – First vaccine for adenovirus-4 and 7 • 1962 – First oral vaccine for polio by Albert Sabin • 1963 – First vaccine for measles by John Franklin Enders • 1967 – First vaccine for mumps • 1970 – First vaccine for rubella • 1977 – First vaccine for pneumonia (Streptococcus pneumoniae) • 1978 – First vaccine for meningitis (Neisseria meningitidis) • 1980 – Smallpox declared eradicated worldwide due to vaccination efforts • 1981 – First vaccine for hepatitis B (first vaccine to target a cause of cancer) • 1984 – First vaccine for chicken pox • 1985 – First vaccine for Haemophilus influenzae type b (HiB) • 1989 – First vaccine for Q fever • 1990 – First vaccine for hantavirus hemorrhagic fever with renal syndrome • 1991 – First vaccine for hepatitis A • 1998 – First vaccine for Lyme disease • 1998 – First vaccine for rotavirus ==21st century==

• 2000 – First pneumococcal conjugate vaccine approved in the U.S. (PCV7 or Prevnar) • 2003 – First nasal influenza vaccine approved in U.S. (FluMist) • 2003 – First vaccine for Argentine hemorrhagic fever. • 2006 – First vaccine for human papillomavirus (which is a cause of cervical cancer) • 2006 – First herpes zoster vaccine for shingles • 2011 – First vaccine for non-small-cell lung carcinoma (comprises 85% of lung cancer cases) • 2012 – First vaccine for hepatitis E • 2012 – First quadrivalent (4-strain) influenza vaccine • 2013 – First vaccine for enterovirus 71, one cause of hand, foot, and mouth disease • 2015 – First vaccine for malaria • 2015 – First vaccine for dengue fever • 2019 – First vaccine for Ebola approved • 2020 – First vaccine for COVID-19 • 2023 – First respiratory syncytial virus vaccine • 2023 – First vaccine for Chikungunya == References ==