Caused by the variola virus, smallpox was easy to catch: Sneezing, coughing, fluid from pustules, and dried scabs could all transmit the virus to a new person.

Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an ...

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.

It’s the ultimate fear in the post-9/11 era: Terrorists infect themselves with smallpox, then before the telltale pustules spread across their bodies, they spend a day at LAX -- talking ...

RICHMOND -- In his old files, Richard P. Wenzel keeps a photograph of a patient's chest dotted with smallpox pustules. Taken in 1967 in what is now Bangladesh, where Wenzel served part of his ...

The defeat of the deadly smallpox virus still stands as one of modern science's most stunning achievements. The wretched disease engulfs the body in pustules that itch and ooze and often blind or ...

Without a vaccine or reliable visible signs like the smallpox pustules, it probably won't be possible to completely eradicate COVID-19 anytime soon. But with more widespread testing, we may have a ...

Smallpox transmission can also occur following exposure to material such as bedding and clothing used by an infected individual, particularly following contact with their pustules or crusted scabs.

Researchers expect smallpox vaccines to be effective at preventing monkeypox. The U.S. keeps doses stored in the Strategic National Stockpile.

The last case of endemic smallpox occurred in Somalia in 1977, and eradication of the disease was declared in 1980. With no natural reservoir, variola virus, which causes smallpox, has existed only ...

Monkeypox and smallpox are viral diseases from the Poxviridae family with distinct symptoms and treatments. Smallpox was eradicated in 1980 through vaccination efforts. Monkeypox presents with ...

It’s a smallpox pustule gauge, made to measure the size of the reaction that should appear on your arm in a few days. If the vaccination is a success the effect will be significant, with fierce ...