Scientists went to extraordinary lengths to eradicate smallpox from the world. Rahima Banu is now recorded as having the last known... How Rahima came to hold a special place in smallpox history — and ...

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.

In 1775, Washington deployed colonial soldiers who had survived smallpox to retake Boston during a city-wide epidemic.

A woman in Kathmandu carrying her child infected by small pox in 1964. Photo: WHO The smallpox virus plagued Nepali communities throughout the 19 th and early 20 th centuries. As historian Susan ...

More than two years into the COVID-19 pandemic, people are getting used to the idea that the virus isn't going to disappear. Scientists predict that COVID will likely become endemic, a permanent part ...

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