More than four decades after smallpox was eradicated, scientists are reassessing the legacy of that public health triumph.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A ward in the Hampstead Smallpox Hospital, circa 1820 - Hulton Archive/Getty Images When Dr William Foege died earlier this month, ...

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Thanks in part to Army scientists, the world has gained a new weapon in the fight against one of history's most feared diseases: smallpox. A new vaccine approved on Sept. 24 by the U.S. Food and Drug ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Foege in 1990: although his worldwide vaccination scheme initially met with some resistance, it was crucial to the worldwide ...

It all started with an unremarkable trip to grandma’s house in 1970. But two days into the visit, something went terribly wrong. The 9-month-old grandson fell ill. First, a fever. Then, a nasty rash.

If you watched the riveting HBO miniseries on founding father John Adams, you surely recall the scene in which his wife, Abigail, inoculates her young children against smallpox by inserting pus from ...

Eliminated as a health concern in the 1970s, new research on virus prompted by fears of terrorist threats. ATLANTA -- When Dr. Inger Damon dresses for work, it takes a while. First comes a doctor's ...

Throughout the course of human history, one infectious disease (Figure 1) may account for more deaths than any other, perhaps all others combined. Smallpox mortality falls between 20% and 50%. Until ...