George Washington confronted a smallpox epidemic with a belief in science—and a controversial plan. George Washington strikes a confident pose after the victorious Battle of Princeton in this ...

Columnist Patrice Apodaca talks to a pediatric infectious diseases expert about why measles outbreaks among children are a ...

Unquestionably it was a foundational document for America, calling for unity against Great Britain in the struggle for ...

Some parents are hesitating to vaccinate children against the measles in the Rockford region. Here is what is behind the ...

The U.S. saw more than 20,000 mpox cases and nearly six dozen deaths during the 2022 global mpox outbreak. San Francisco was hard hit. Today, mpox remains an ongoing public health emergency ...

A dangerous mpox outbreak is unfolding in Sierra Leone. In just the first week of May, cases rose by 61%, and suspected cases surged by 71%. Roughly half of all confirmed mpox cases in Africa now come ...

The U.S. saw more than 20,000 mpox cases and nearly six dozen deaths during the 2022 global mpox outbreak. San Francisco was hard hit. Today, mpox remains an ongoing public health emergency, according ...

The most effective method for preventing smallpox epidemic progression is vaccination. Until recently, only 15 million doses of smallpox vaccine manufactured 20 years ago were available in the ...

But smallpox did devastate Indigenous Americans in the 1830s. The epidemic started when a steamboat called St. Peter’s stopped at Fort Clark, North Dakota, along the Missouri River.

Theodore Roosevelt’s two eldest sons shared their father’s passion for the outdoors and traveled to Asia in search of the ...

Annals of Medicine about the smallpox outbreak in New York City in 1947. The N.Y.C. Health Dept. learned of the first cases Friday, Mar. 28 from Dr. Dorothea M. Tolle, medical superintendent of ...