When the researchers analyzed the children's bones, they found evidence of osteomyelitis variolosa, a rare bone infection caused by the smallpox virus. They are the first cases of osteomyelitis ...

In fact, in 1972, smallpox vaccines ceased to be a part of routine vaccinations. Up until the early ’70s, though, all children were vaccinated against smallpox, and the vaccinations left behind ...

Two months later he infected the boy again, this time with smallpox. As Jenner expected, the child didn't come down with the disease—he was immune. Although Jenner's experiment was highly ...

HEDBERG: It appears with smallpox vaccination or immunization that there is some waning immunity. So even those of us who were immunized — I was immunized as a child a couple of times 40 years ...

Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s nomination to lead HHS reflects the rising power of an anti-vaccination movement more than 100 years ...

Google searches for "smallpox vaccine" have rocketed since monkeypox cases started turning up in people across Europe and North America who have no recent travel history to Africa. The search ...

Symptoms of monkeypox can also be compared with smallpox — a related virus that was declared eradicated in 1980. Like smallpox, monkeypox causes pus-filled boils. But monkeypox is generally ...

Smallpox, one of the biggest killers in history, is caused by a virus called variola. Variola causes a distinctive rash and is often lethal. The name variola comes from the Latin word for “spotted” ...

When a smallpox epidemic struck Vancouver Island in 1862, colonial authorities set in motion a plan that led to the deaths of ...