When Dr William Foege died earlier this month, the world mourned the loss of a scientist who helped rid humanity of a virus that had plagued the Earth for thousands of years.

What is the cause of monkeypox? Monkeypox is a member of the Poxviridae family of viruses called orthopoxvirus and is a double-stranded DNA virus. This subset includes the smallpox (variola), vaccinia ...

LONDON (Reuters) - A virus closely related to smallpox disguises itself as a piece of a broken cell to trick its way into cells, Swiss researchers said on Thursday in a discovery that could lead to ...

(Philadelphia, PA) – In this era of bioterrorism, researchers at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine have discovered a way to study how smallpox overcomes the human immune system. Due to ...

Alexander Milton Ross's tale reveals striking similarities to today's vaccine hesitancy and the enduring challenge of combating misinformation campaigns. By Sabrina Sholts / MIT Press Reader Published ...

In 1966, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a worldwide campaign to eradicate smallpox. The aim was ‘zeropox’ -- not just control of the disease, but its complete elimination. After an ...

Whether or not it will be heeded, one of the key learnings from COVID-19 is that preparedness planning for future infectious disease outbreaks cannot be shortchanged. And while the pandemic continues ...

When the World Health Organization announced in 1980 that smallpox had been eradicated, it was considered a great victory for public health — and as a result, vaccination against smallpox became ...

Results of a new study in monkeys offer scientists a rare glimpse of how, on a molecular level, the smallpox virus attacks its victims. The findings shed light on how the virus caused mass death and ...

GRAPHIC of how smallpox affects the body. A: It is a disease caused by a virus named Variola, that is easily transmitted between people. It kills up to one-third of those infected. There is no ...

The Bush administration is about to announce a major shift in policy regarding vaccinating the general population against smallpox in case of a terrorist attack. The new policy could make the vaccine ...