Vaccines revolutionized disease prevention, eradicating smallpox and reducing polio cases. House Democrats demand answers ...

Sierra Leonean authorities have called for international help to curb the spread of mpox in the country as a new toll on Saturday showed the number of cases continuing to rise.

The Alden Besse, from Hong Kong, arrived on Sunday, but was unable to pass quarantine in consequence of smallpox on board. By ...

But humanity only made the transition into that new world fairly recently. Smallpox eradication was a major part of that. Over the course of the 20th century, country after country fought it back.

Smallpox went from a feared killer to a fading memory. Its eradication is one of humanity’s greatest collective triumphs ...

Still, given the hand-wringing and self-righteous mudslinging that have accompanied recent Gauguin exhibitions, the time is ...

The Fort Sill Indian School's painful legacy holds more than a century’s worth of memories and stories, many of which unfortunately are not happy ones under U.S. policy.

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 ...

The options are for the freeze-dried version of Bavarian Nordic’s Jynneos, a formulation that allows easier stockpiling.

A pending Department of Health and Human Services regulation risks harming public health and stalling innovation.

Airplane air quality is generally regarded as good, comparable to or better than other indoor environments, thanks to high air exchange rates and the use of HEPA filters. But any air traveler will ...