Smallpox is a viral, infectious disease that once terrorized us humans. It causes a significant skin rash and fever, and during the most rampant outbreaks in the 20th century, killed an estimated ...

and a signature rash of blisters. While this may seem like something rather medieval, it actually wasn't that long ago. Smallpox was a nightmare for civilizations, leaving scars – both physical ...

Smallpox, one of the biggest killers in history, is caused by a virus called variola. Variola causes a distinctive rash and is often lethal. The name variola comes from the Latin word for “spotted” ...

The night clerk believing the rash on his face was produced by smallpox, informed the day clerk. The day clerk yesterday afternoon heard the man complaining of feeling ill, and had him transferred ...

Smallpox is viewed as the most likely agent to be used as a biological weapon. Smallpox is very infectious; it is spread by droplet infection, causes a painful and disabling febrile disease, has ...

The disease began with high fever and body aches. The infected person was most contagious when a rash appeared. But the hallmark of smallpox was the pus-filled swellings of the skin that left ...

The smallpox came in the mail, in a little piece of 350-year-old human skin. And the surprise discovery is dramatically rewriting the history of one of the most notorious diseases to plague humankind.

Not so with smallpox. To create this vaccine, you begin with another virus that is similar to the smallpox virus, yet different enough not to bring on the smallpox disease once it enters your body.

“No,” says Sam. This week in 1980, the world was declared free of the deadly disease of smallpox at the World Health Assembly. The global eradication of smallpox is considered one of the ...

Although smallpox is considered a disease of the past, there is current heightened international concern regarding the potential use of smallpox virus as an agent for bioterrorism. Smallpox is ...

The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox by Smithsonian contributor ... ignorant, confused, rash, mischievous, negligent, inconsiderate." Boylston had successfully inoculated ...