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 ...

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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 ...

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 ...