The World Health Organization in 1980 officially declared smallpox eradicated. The last natural case was in 1977. The smallpox vaccine helped eradicate the smallpox virus. Because the virus doesn’t ...
After small pox was eradicated and vaccinations against the disease came to an end, people in parts of Africa started getting sick with something rarely seen before - mpox. Researchers eventually ...
An FDA-approved vaccine for smallpox and mpox is effective but causes side effects. The other requires multiple doses. An experimental single-dose vaccine uses the horsepox virus to harness the ...