The force was soundly defeated. “The smallpox is ten times more terrible than Britons, Canadians, and Indians together,” Massachusetts statesman John Adams despairingly wrote in 1776.

Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an ...

Smallpox, once a deadly global scourge, became the first eradicated disease thanks to an accidental discovery by Edward ...

Opera can take many forms and fulfil many purposes: this chamber opera by Zakiya Leeming and Sam Redway is about vaccination.

The specific term for what Lady Mary and Boylston were doing 75 years earlier is variolation, or inoculation with variola, the smallpox virus. "Their story got swept under the rug after Jenner.

Vaccination has protected humans from an ever-lengthening list of infectious diseases: polio, yellow fever, diphtheria, ...

The story behind Smallpox Smallpox was eradicated worldwide in the late 1970s, which means there is no immunity in the population as a whole. So what is the history of Smallpox?

Smallpox has been designated as a category A biological weapon because it is easily transmittable, has a high mortality rate, would likely cause panic and social disruption, and requires special ...

Smallpox: A Review of Clinical Disease and Vaccination Jennifer M. Lofquist, Nicole A. Weimert, Mary S. Hayney Disclosures Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2003;60 (8) 0 ...

But it’s also possible that TPOXX is simply not an effective medication for mpox, despite the promising data from animal studies on smallpox. A study conducted largely among children in the Democratic ...

US Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has repeatedly claimed in public statements that most vaccines recommended for children in the US have not been tested against placebos ...

I’ve always admired medical wizards who, in dire circumstances like the recent COVID-19 epidemic, somehow come up with ...