Smallpox has been eradicated worldwide since 1980 and is not held in check by vaccines, contrary to posts suggesting the deadly virus may circulate again if vaccines become optional.

Today we're talking about the Antonine Plague that took the lives of 5 million people over 14 years during the rule of Marcus Aurelius. Today, we're talking smallpox, war, false prophets, and ...

Depending on when and where you were born, you might have a particular scar on your arm that everyone else around you also has. This, as many of you probably already know, is the smallpox vaccine.

A Facebook photo claims smallpox, a viral infection the World Health Organization declared eradicated in 1980, will return now that President-elect Donald Trump has said he will nominate Robert F ...

Cases of mpox were almost 12 times more likely in males and appeared more frequently in younger people. In addition, people with HIV were more than twice as likely to test positive for mpox; however, ...

Smallpox and chickenpox might seem similar. They both cause rashes and blisters. They both have “pox” in their names. But other than that, they’re completely different diseases. You really ...

Smallpox ‘virus squads’ and the mandatory vaccinations upheld by the Supreme Court. ... and they were all over the map. Some upheld the laws, some struck them down or placed limitations.

Wiping out smallpox had an unintended consequence: the rise of mpox in the past few years. Here's the story — starting with patient zero for mpox back in 1970.

Eliminated as a health concern in the 1970s, new research on virus prompted by fears of terrorist threats.

Smallpox Vaccination Scar Removal. The smallpox vaccination scar usually isn't a threat to your health. If you have one and how it looks bothers you, you can have a scar removal procedure to get ...

The resurrected virus is called horsepox, and it could be used to create new, safer smallpox vaccines and virus-based cancer treatments, according to David Evans, a microbiologist and immunologist ...