On my left arm is a large scar – about the size of a silver dollar (for those who remember when dollars were also coins). It’s what remains of my smallpox vaccination.

The organised drive to expunge smallpox was, however, a much more complicated and disjointed entity. A composite of numerous multifaceted country- and region-oriented public health programmes, the ...

Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an ...

The smallpox vaccine, maintained by the CDC, is freeze-dried, live vaccinia virus. It is contained in a vial of 50 doses and stored at -20 degrees C. Vaccination has been successfully administered ...

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Infection with smallpox requires close, prolonged personal contact; trivial contact usually does not result in spread of the disease. Spread by fomites, like infected clothing and bed linens, is ...

NASA just released new photos from one of their satellites in space showing the scar left behind after the deadly tornado in southern Kentucky.