Over 100 smallpox-infected monkeys have escaped from treatment centres in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as a ...

Smallpox, a disease that killed an estimated 500 million people in the 20th century alone, is the only human disease to be eradicated. However, a new report, "Future State of Smallpox Medical ...

There was some trouble on the Duleep Singh outside the bar, the steward slicing the mate with a carving knife. The captain put him in irons, and he languishes in captivity. • There were four deaths ...

The advent of vaccinations came when a scientist, by the name of Edward Jenner, discovered that an individual exposed to a ...

Smallpox is a viral, infectious disease that once terrorized us humans. It causes a significant skin rash and fever, and during the most rampant outbreaks in the 20th century, killed an estimated ...

A lot of people are staunchly pro-vaccines, some are militant anti-vaxxers and much of the population is wondering what all the fuss is about. If you already have a firm viewpoint on the question of ...

View Full Profile. Learn about our Editorial Policies. Thanks to a Cold War-era division of responsibility, smallpox has been held in just two places in the world since 1984: at the CDC labs in ...

A teenage boy is vaccinated against smallpox by a school doctor and a county health nurse, Gasport, N.Y., March, 15, 1938.

There is inherent risk in almost everything. For example, people may prefer to walk when they realize that thousands of ...

Our Town Columnist and historian Brian Keller also revisits the increasing use of school buses and new limitations to city ...

To win American independence, he not only had to defeat the British army; he had to defeat smallpox. At the time, 90% of deaths in the Continental Army were due to disease. Smallpox was so feared ...

President Donald Trump has unilaterally decided for 340 million Americans that we no longer need to be a part of the World Health Organization. Listen, he knows more about science than all the ...