More than four decades after smallpox was eradicated, scientists are reassessing the legacy of that public health triumph.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A ward in the Hampstead Smallpox Hospital, circa 1820 - Hulton Archive/Getty Images When Dr William Foege died earlier this month, ...

Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an entry in Wikipedia, it is highly relevant today. Understanding the ...

Smallpox vaccinations may present a degree of protection from mpox infection, research from several Spain physicians has found. In a research letter published Feb. 3 in the CDC’s Emerging Infectious ...

In a groundbreaking new study, a team of researchers from South Dakota State University—led by associate professor Saikat ...

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.

It was an outbreak of what was once one of the biggest killers in the history of humanity, smallpox, which led to a new hospital being built in 1894. What became the modern Heartlands Hospital in ...

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