The smallpox vaccinations that older Americans received as children have worn off. In the 1960s and '70s, Dr. Henderson traveled the world, searching for every last case of the disease.

Smallpox preparedness, she says, has advanced by "some small increment" since September 11, "but essentially our readiness is not improved since 2001." Among experts, ...

Emergent BioSolutions shares rose after the company disclosed that it will supply additional doses of CNJ-016, a treatment used for certain complications of the smallpox vaccine, to the U.S.

Smallpox is given a high priority because it has no cure, and about 30% of its victims do not survive the painful, disfiguring disease. Only 6 million to 7 million doses of vaccine remain, ...

Can smallpox vaccines offer protection against monkeypox? The short answer is yes. According to the CDC, monkeypox is closely related to the virus that causes smallpox.Both the CDC and the WHO ...

The smallpox samples were found in a lab run by the Food and Drug Administration. Scientists discovered the vials when preparing to move to the FDA's main campus in Silver Spring, Md.

Smallpox was once a terrifying disease. It caused pain, panic, suffering and death to millions. Even when it did not kill, it could cause permanent pockmarks all over the face and in the mouth ...

Smallpox is an acute contagious viral disease that has a relatively high fatality rate in immunologically naive populations. It is caused by variola virus, which is a member of a larger pox family ...

Smallpox is a deadly virus. At one point, it killed almost 1 in 3 people who had it. Almost 300 million of those deaths were in the 20th century alone. It was extremely painful, highly contagious ...

As smallpox immunity wanes, monkeypox chains of transmission have spread beyond initial infections to upwards of seven or eight people removed from that initial infection, Heymann explained.

Government intelligence reports warn of the possibility of bioterrorist attacks involving smallpox. This possibility, coupled with the potential for military action against Iraq, which is thought ...

Back in 1999, the WHO set a deadline to destroy the remaining smallpox samples, but the U.S. and Russia have repeatedly delayed action. At the 2006 meeting of the World Health Assembly (WHA ...