No. When did hepatitis B vaccine become available? The first hepatitis B vaccine became commercially avail-able in the United States in 1982. In 1986, a hepatitis B vaccine produced by recombinant DNA technology was licensed, and a second recombinant-type hepatitis B vaccine was licensed in 1989. The two recombinant DNA vaccines (Recombivax HB and Engerix-B) are the only hepatitis B vaccine preparations currently used in the United States.
Myra Adele Logan. Physician and Surgeon. Myra Adele Logan was born in 1908 in Tuskegee, Alabama and was the first woman to perform open heart surgery. She is also noted for being a selfless, humanitarian doctor who practiced medicine to serve the community.
Transcript of Myra Adele Logan. Myra won a four-year scholarship to Medical College in New York . When Myra started her job at Harlem Hospital , she helped to deliver babies . In 1943, Myra became the first woman to operate open heart surgery. In 1960 , Myra began research into breast cancer, she was the one to help with x-rays.