(Original Caption) Smallpox in an unvaccinated child. Is it finally time to eliminate the remaining stocks of variola (smallpox) virus for good? The World Health Assembly will discuss the current ...

When Dr William Foege died earlier this month, the world mourned the loss of a scientist who helped rid humanity of a virus that had plagued the Earth for thousands of years.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Frozen vials labeled “smallpox” that were recently discovered at a Pennsylvania facility contained no trace of the virus that causes the eradicated disease, according to the ...

Smallpox has been eradicated worldwide since 1980 and is not held in check by vaccines, contrary to posts suggesting the deadly virus may circulate again if vaccines become optional. The posts were ...

In a groundbreaking new study, a team of researchers from South Dakota State University—led by associate professor Saikat ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Frederick biotechnology company BioFactura has announced $7.8 million in new contract activations to study a treatment for a ...

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 ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A virus closely related to smallpox disguises itself as a piece of a broken cell to trick its way into cells, Swiss researchers said on Thursday in a discovery that could lead to ...

On Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. There have been over 15,600 cases and over 530 deaths reported in the Democratic Republic ...

Irish-born painter Thomas Hickey's painting in 1806 of three queens of Mysore where the royal woman on the right is pulling up her sari to spread awareness about small-pox vaccination. Photo: PRIVATE ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. In a year when one presidential candidate endorses vaccines, another is ambivalent and a third is staunchly opposed, it’s worth ...

A Nov. 15 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) from the liberal group Occupy Democrats includes side-by-side images of a child infected with smallpox and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect ...