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.

The 9-month-old grandson fell ill. First, a fever. Then, a nasty rash. Alarmed doctors suspected smallpox but, instead, they soon discovered something even more bewildering: The first-known human ...

The U.S. saw more than 20,000 mpox cases and nearly six dozen deaths during the 2022 global mpox outbreak. San Francisco was ...

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 ...

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Keren Landman, MD was a senior reporter covering public health, consumer health, and health misinformation at Vox. Keren is trained as a physician, researcher, and epidemiologist and has served as ...

WASHINGTON — A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine says that action is needed to enhance U.S. readiness for smallpox and related diseases, as well as to ...

Smallpox mortality falls between 20% and 50%. Until it was completely eradicated from the Earth in the late 1970s, it is estimated that smallpox killed at least 300,000 people worldwide during the ...

Smallpox and chickenpox might seem similar. They both cause rashes and blisters. They both have “pox” in their names. But other than that, they’re completely different diseases. You really ...

Before the smallpox virus was destroyed in the early 1980s, many people received the smallpox vaccine. As a result, if you’re in your 40s or older, you likely have a permanent scar from an ...

(KTAL/KMSS) – Just prior to the Louisiana Purchase, early settlers in Mississippi and Louisiana had the ability to vaccinate themselves and the enslaved against smallpox, but it appears that ...