Drs. Harry M. Meyer, Jr. (left) and Paul Parkman (right) develop the rubella vaccine, Bethesda, Maryland, 1967
Courtesy U.S. National Library of Medicine
Two researchers at the National Institutes of Health, Drs. Harry M. Meyer, Jr. (1928–2001) and Paul Parkman (b. 1932), developed a vaccine and a better blood test to screen people for rubella. With these tools, public health officials could protect American families from the next rubella epidemic.
