DEADLY smallpox, which claimed the lives of an estimated 500 million people in the 20th century, could help trigger the next ...

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.

Experts warn that declining immunity after smallpox eradication could allow related poxviruses to trigger the next pandemic.

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 ...

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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.

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 ...

William Foege, who has died aged 89, was the epidemiologist responsible for devising a successful vaccination strategy in the ...

On May 8, 1980, forty-five years ago, the World Health Organization, a part of the United Nations, announced that officials had eradicated smallpox from the world’s population. The last case occurred ...

Imperfect isolation can’t eradicate smallpox The lack of laser-focus on isolation meant that many avoidable gaps remained in ...

His containment strategy helped wipe out the disease in the 1970s, one of the world’s greatest public health triumphs. He ...