Oct. 19 -- Smallpox was one of the deadliest diseases ever to afflict the human race, until a worldwide effort succeeded in eradicating it from the planet 25 years ago. But the events of the past few ...

As so many people around the globe contemplate what their lives might look like after the pandemic, new research on smallpox might help provide insight. Researchers revealed nearly three centuries of ...

Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an entry in Wikipedia, it is highly relevant today. Understanding the ...

Smallpox, for good reason, brings fear into the minds of the public. Smallpox killed hundreds of thousands of people in 18th century Europe and in 1967 there were 15 million cases per year. Smallpox ...

In a recent study published in the official journal of the Spanish Society of Chemotherapy, researchers assessed the existing information regarding monkeypox infections. Study: Monkeypox in humans: a ...