A Blueprint for Preparedness The coordinated global health effort that beat smallpox once, offers a blueprint for addressing future threats. The world has changed dramatically over the last 50 years, ...

Smallpox has been designated as a category A biological weapon because it is easily transmittable, has a high mortality rate, would likely cause panic and social disruption, and requires special ...

The smallpox vaccine was prepared by scarification of calves followed by collection of drained lymph fluid. [18] Each lot of vaccine varies in concentration, with a mean titer of 10 8.1 pock ...

Jacob Beam, original founder of the Beam distilling empire is a true legend of American whiskey. Here’s a look at this Icon of Whiskey and his bourbon legacy.

1700 years ago today, on June 19m 325, the Council of Nicaea, the first ecumneical council of the Christian Church. Why the Nicean Creed that eventually came from the council is so very important was ...

1 online resource (xvi, 356 pages) : Includes bibliographical references and index 1. Arrival, Settlement, and an Initial Concern for Health Care, 1749 (o.s.)-1753 (n.s.) -- 2. A Decade of Military ...

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia have unearthed the foundation of a building from the 1700s that once supported the nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children… ...

AP Jun 18, 2025 1 of 2 William & Mary archaeologists uncover a foundation from the 1700s that once held the nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children in 2025, in Williamsburg, Va.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. (AP) — Archaeologists in Virginia have unearthed the foundation of a building from the 1700s that once supported the nation's oldest surviving schoolhouse for Black children, William ...

“ (Not) Seeing is (Not) Believing: Smallpox and Victorian Visual Culture,” Pacific Coast Conference on British Studies, University of California at Santa Barbara, 3 March 2018. Commenter for panel, ...

The French navy discovered a remarkable 16th-century shipwreck of a merchant vessel, Camarat 4, at a record depth of 8,200 feet, preserving ceramic artifacts.

Black carbon (BC) emission inventories are essential tools for tackling the dual challenges of climate change and air pollution. However, uncertainties in source attribution, emission factors, and ...