Data on the number of cases for these diseases from the pre-vaccine era is hard to come by, and even the case counts are ...

NIH-sponsored trial data offers further evidence to help inform mpox treatment decisions.

By William J. Broad In 1999, William J. Broad and two colleagues wrote a comprehensive article on the past, present and future of the smallpox virus. Feb. 12, 2025 President Trump’s order that ...

NIH-sponsored trial data offer further evidence to help inform mpox treatment decisions. Colorized transmission electron micrograph of immature mpox virus particles (blue with red viral envelope) ...

yet other virus infections should be ruled out, including herpes simplex, enteroviruses, and smallpox. The lesions often vesiculate and then umbilicate, but the rash is usually self-limited and ...

In Europe, ten people died from measles in 2024, and the US has had several major outbreaks. Bird flu has affected dairy ...

No insight is given into the nature of the field work that went into making large countries in Africa and Asia smallpox-free, and especially into the critical strategies of disease surveillance ...

Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the United States from the World Health Organization (WHO) has generated an uproar in the ...

Tanzania has confirmed its first two cases of mpox, the health ministry said Monday, the first time the virus has been ...

Vaccinia virus (VACV) confers cross-protective immunity against the variola virus, the causative agent of smallpox, and has therefore been extensively exploited as a preventive vaccine.

From Rao's series, [6] smallpox caused premature termination of pregnancy in 75% of those who contracted the disease during the early weeks of pregnancy and in 60% of those who were infected after ...