One historian described smallpox as a "virus that had plagued humankind for three thousand years." In 1980, the WHO certified the disease had been eradicated after a successful global vaccination ...
Although smallpox was eradicated in the late 1970s, current international concern exists regarding the potential use of smallpox virus as an agent for bioterrorism. This manuscript reviews ...
From the global eradication of smallpox in 1980 to the unprecedented development of effective and safe mRNA vaccines for COVID-19, vaccinations have played crucial roles in preventing millions of ...