William Foege, a leader of one of humanity’s greatest public health victories — the global eradication of smallpox — has died. Foege died Saturday in Atlanta at the age of 89, according to the Task ...

More than 100 monkeypox cases have been detected worldwide in the past month, including in the US. Monkeypox symptoms can be confused with those of chickenpox. One chart shows how monkeypox symptoms ...

More than four decades after smallpox was eradicated, scientists are reassessing the legacy of that public health triumph.

Bavarian Nordic receives USD 22.5 million contract for its Mpox and Smallpox vaccine from Government of Canada: Copenhagen, Denmark Saturday, February 21, 2026, 13:00 Hrs [IST] Ba ...

H. Foege, a former CDC director who helped eradicate smallpox and whose health work saved millions of lives, died Saturday in ...

On Aug. 14, 2024, the World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. There have been over 15,600 cases and over 530 deaths reported in the Democratic ...

When Covid-19 struck, humanity faced an out-of-control outbreak without vaccines or therapies. If it were a knife fight, we brought a crayon. The level of preparedness for monkeypox couldn’t be more ...

PHILADELPHIA (WABC) -- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says several questionable vials found at a Merck facility in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, did not contain variola virus, ...

Frozen vials labeled "Smallpox" that were discovered in a freezer at a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania "contain no trace of virus known to cause smallpox," federal health officials said. The ...

With global spread progressing around the United States and within North Carolina, there have been claims that a smallpox vaccine can be used to combat monkeypox. Claims regarding the effectiveness of ...

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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says several questionable vials found at a Merck facility in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania did not contain variola virus, the ...