Because it involved variola virus, this method became known as "variolation" and many developed immunity to smallpox with this method. However, there was a high risk of contracting the full-blown ...

He was an enslaved African man who was instrumental in the mitigation of smallpox in Boston. In 1721, Onesimus introduced his owner, Cotton Mather, to the variolation method of inoculation.

Santa Rosa schools are working to obtain a African American History Exemplary District designation and infuse African ...

Robert F Kennedy Jr is a man best known for his years of tireless work undermining public confidence in vaccines, and repeating long-debunked claims about their ...

Even back when variolation — intentionally infecting someone with smallpox to render protection — was emerging as a defense against that scourge, people were hesitant. Advertising Jatt ...

The origins of immunotherapy go back to early centuries of history as illustrated by the fight against smallpox. Realization that survivors were immune to the disease eventually led to the practice of ...

Japan approves SIGA's TEPOXX, the first antiviral for orthopoxviruses, for smallpox, mpox, cowpox, and vaccine-related complications. Approval is based on 15 clinical trials and pivotal animal ...

Smallpox infection was often more severe in pregnant women than in non-pregnant women or in men, regardless of vaccination status. Women with smallpox infection during pregnancy have higher rates ...