That was the big question asked Monday morning among the four nurses who received the smallpox vaccine on Friday as part of a governmental program to protect the U.S. against a possible bioterrorism ...

Photo courtesy of St. Francis Medical Center Steven C. Bjelich is president and CEO of St. Francis Medical Center. Last year, St. Francis unviled a $48 million multipurpose master facilities plan that ...

Although the world’s first vaccine, for smallpox, was a wonderful invention, it would be an error to assume that smallpox ...

(Original Caption) Smallpox in an unvaccinated child. Is it finally time to eliminate the remaining stocks of variola (smallpox) virus for good? The World Health Assembly will discuss the current ...

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.

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 ...