Health experts see his retreat from international cooperation as disrupting the safe-keepers of one of the world’s deadliest ...

Vaccinia virus (VACV) confers cross-protective immunity against variola virus, the causative agent of smallpox, and has therefore been extensively exploited as a preventive vaccine. Despite the global ...

As an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control, he was actively involved in directing smallpox eradication programs in Nigeria (66-70), Bangladesh (72-76), and Somalia (77). He is a ...

Late former President Jimmy Carter had the goal of ending guinea worm disease for 38 years. Now, his goal is almost at the finish line.

WHO’s most notable achievement was the eradication of smallpox, which marked a rare instance of cooperation between the US and the Soviet Union during the Cold War. In 1967, the organization set ...

Almost every state in the U.S. mandates a rabies vaccine for dogs. Not vaccinating a dog against rabies is a crime. But anti-vaxxers like RFK Jr. have some people thinking the vaccine is more ...

I had the unique opportunity to serve as an adjunct faculty member, as a lecturer in the public health track, at the ...

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 ...