{"id":105188,"date":"2025-09-04T09:27:24","date_gmt":"2025-09-04T13:27:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/?post_type=event&#038;p=105188"},"modified":"2026-01-14T16:42:31","modified_gmt":"2026-01-14T21:42:31","slug":"history-of-vaccines","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/event\/history-of-vaccines\/","title":{"rendered":"History of Vaccines"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The American Historical Association (AHA) will host a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/news-and-advocacy\/congressional-briefings\">Congressional Briefing<\/a> offering historical perspectives on vaccines. The briefing will take place on Wednesday, February 11, at 9:00 a.m. in Rayburn House Office Building Room 2044.<\/p>\n<p>Panelists <a href=\"https:\/\/vcresearch.berkeley.edu\/faculty\/elena-conis\">Elena Conis<\/a> (Univ. of California, Berkeley), <a href=\"https:\/\/med.nyu.edu\/faculty\/david-m-oshinsky\">David M. Oshinsky<\/a> (New York Univ.), and\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/scholarworks.brandeis.edu\/esploro\/profile\/michael_willrich\/overview\">Michael Willrich<\/a> (Brandeis Univ.)\u00a0will discuss the history of vaccines against diseases including smallpox, polio, and measles. The briefing will also explore the public\u2019s perception of vaccines and how the role of the federal government in vaccine development and distribution has changed over time. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/person\/sarah-weicksel\/\">Sarah Weicksel<\/a>, AHA executive director, will serve as moderator. A breakfast spread and drinks will be served.<\/p>\n<p>The AHA\u2019s Congressional Briefings series seeks to provide Congressional staff members, journalists, and other members of the policy community with the historical context essential to understanding contemporary issues. The sessions are strictly nonpartisan and avoid advancing particular policy prescriptions or legislative agendas. For more information, please visit the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/news-and-advocacy\/congressional-briefings\">AHA\u2019s website.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The American Historical Association (AHA) will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on vaccines. The briefing will take place&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":13286,"template":"","aha-topic":[],"month":[553],"event-type":[98],"year":[875],"class_list":{"0":"post-105188","1":"event","2":"type-event","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","5":"hentry","6":"month-february","7":"event-type-congressional-briefing","8":"year-875","11":"year-2025","12":"has-featured-image"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/105188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/event"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/105188\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":109323,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event\/105188\/revisions\/109323"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13286"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"aha-topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/aha-topic?post=105188"},{"taxonomy":"month","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/month?post=105188"},{"taxonomy":"event-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event-type?post=105188"},{"taxonomy":"year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.historians.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/year?post=105188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}