Often called the Speckled monster, Smallpox was one of the most terrifying diseases known to humanity. In 18th-century Europe ...

Why are we talking about smallpox again? The virus is estimated to have killed more than 300 million people in the 20th century. But by 1980, thanks to a successful vaccination campaign, it was ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Throughout the course of human history, one infectious disease (Figure 1) may account for more deaths than any ...

Smallpox was a terrible scourge on humanity, killing hundreds of millions of people over the centuries. But its origin remains obscure. Egyptian mummies from 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, including that ...

LARRY BRILLIANT IS, among many other things, an expert on smallpox. He worked for the World Health Organization in India during smallpox outbreaks there -- and has written movingly about that ...

Smallpox was a severe infectious disease that affected humans for thousands of years before its eradication in the late 20th century. The symptoms included a distinctive rash, pustules, and fever.

“The eradication of smallpox occurred prior to the development of the majority of modern virological and molecular biological techniques. Therefore, there is a considerable amount that is not ...