A leader in the global fight against smallpox and a champion of vaccine science, William Foege died last Saturday ...

The former CDC director was also a leader in campaigns against international health proble ...

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 ...

On May 8, 1980, forty-five years ago, the World Health Organization, a part of the United Nations, announced that officials had eradicated smallpox from the world’s population. The last case occurred ...

His containment strategy helped wipe out the disease in the 1970s, one of the world’s greatest public health triumphs. He ...

Throughout the course of human history, one infectious disease (Figure 1) may account for more deaths than any other, perhaps all others combined. Smallpox mortality falls between 20% and 50%. Until ...

A loathsome disease -- A succession of mentors -- Practicing public health in Nigeria -- Fire line around a virus -- Extinguishing smallpox in a time of war -- Under the rule of variola -- Unwarranted ...

The title of this recently published book captures its contents like a haiku: scourge, once, future, threat, and smallpox. The 2 book-ended words, scourge and smallpox, precisely enclose 3 simple ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. In a year when one presidential candidate endorses vaccines, another is ambivalent and a third is staunchly opposed, it’s worth ...

A Nov. 15 Facebook post from the liberal group Occupy Democrats includes side-by-side images of a child infected with smallpox and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for ...

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