Scientists went to extraordinary lengths to eradicate smallpox from the world. Rahima Banu is now recorded as having the last known naturally-occurring case of the deadly form.

COVID-19 vaccine mandates are becoming a reality throughout the U.S. in states that set deadlines for residents to get their shots. All Washington, D.C., health workers had to have their first ...

The following is a brief history of vaccines starting with the first known vaccine (smallpox) to the vaccines that are being used now for COVID-19. 1796 — Smallpox vaccine .

The Smallpox-Fighting “Virus Squads” That Stormed Tenements in the Middle of the Night In the 1800s, they helped lay the groundwork for the anti-vaccine movement. By Rebecca Onion.

A Barnsley councillor has issued a powerful appeal to families to get their children vaccinated, warning of a return to the dark days when preventable diseases claimed the lives of thousands of local ...

Smallpox, 1947: The city-wide success story. After a man who traveled by bus from Mexico City to New York City in 1947 was hospitalized and died of smallpox, ...

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.

Throughout the course of human history, one infectious disease (Figure 1) may account for more deaths than any other, perhaps all others combined. Smallpox mortality falls between 20% and 50%.

Smallpox, the only human infectious disease to have been successfully eradicated, ailed people at least 1,000 years earlier than previously thought. Diverse smallpox strains were widespread in the ...

Scientists went to extraordinary lengths to eradicate smallpox from the world. Rahima Banu is now recorded as having the last known naturally-occurring case of the deadly form.

"Smallpox was one of the most devastating diseases ever since humanity can remember its history," says Daniel Tarantola, who was a medical officer with the World Health Organization's smallpox ...