Dr Jonas Albarnaz, a senior virologist at the Pirbright Institute, told The Telegraph: “Public health experts predicted before eradication that other orthopoxviruses could ‘occupy’ the niche vacated ...

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%. Until ...

William Foege helped give us a world without smallpox. We’re marking his death by letting measles come back. Had William ...

(Original Caption) Smallpox in an unvaccinated child. Is it finally time to eliminate the remaining stocks of variola (smallpox) virus for good? The World Health Assembly will discuss the current ...

It all started with an unremarkable trip to grandma’s house in 1970. But two days into the visit, something went terribly wrong. The 9-month-old grandson fell ill. First, a fever. Then, a nasty rash.

He was director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and held other key leadership roles in campaigns against international health problems.

In the early 1800s, Denmark’s government, medical community, church leaders and school teachers all united to promote the new smallpox vaccine, which led to a remarkably quick elimination of the disea ...

Dr. William Foege, a leader of one of humanity's greatest public health victories — the global eradication of smallpox — has died.Foege died Saturday in Atlanta at the age of 89, according to the Task ...