Paul Parkman, an inventor of the rubella vaccine, dies at 91 – The Washington Post

Paul D. Parkman, a scientist who in the 1960s played a central role in identifying the rubella virus and developing a vaccine to combat it, breakthroughs that have eliminated from much of the world a disease that can cause catastrophic birth defects and fetal death, died May 7 at his home in Auburn, N.Y. He was 91.

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Paul Parkman, an inventor of the rubella vaccine, dies at 91 - The Washington Post