Health experts see his retreat from international cooperation as disrupting the safe-keepers of one of the world’s deadliest ...

Announcing a new article publication for Zoonoses journal. Vaccinia virus (VACV) confers cross-protective immunity against ...

"The country is less safe," Dr. Anne Schuchat, a former top-ranking CDC official and alumna of the program, told CBS News.

The smallpox eradication strategy focused on surveillance and containment. Cases were detected through surveillance and were isolated to prevent further transmission. Contacts of the cases were ...

Smallpox was eradicated worldwide in the late 1970s, which means there is no immunity in the population as a whole. So what is the history of Smallpox? • The first known victim of smallpox was ...

As an epidemiologist at the Centers for Disease Control, he was actively involved in directing smallpox eradication programs in Nigeria (66-70), Bangladesh (72-76), and Somalia (77). He is a ...

Through tireless efforts and global vaccination campaigns, smallpox was eradicated in 1980, marking a monumental achievement in public health history. Anyone who's had the smallpox vaccine knows ...

Late former President Jimmy Carter had the goal of ending guinea worm disease for 38 years. Now, his goal is almost at the finish line.