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

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 ...

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, ...

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 ...

U.S. aid cuts could jeopardize the supply of donated drugs that are hailed for their effectiveness in combating neglected diseases like river blindness, schistosomiasis and trachoma.

Archaeologists Discover More Than 100 Structures Linked to a Mysterious Pre-Columbian Civilization in the Remote Peruvian Andes Based in high-altitude urban centers, the Chachapoya resisted ...