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.

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.

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.

The claim: Smallpox was ‘never eradicated’ and is being ‘held in check’ by vaccines. A Nov. 15 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) from the liberal group Occupy Democrats includes ...

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 ...

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 ...

Smallpox killed 3 in 10, until the first vaccines conquered it. A gruesome killer for centuries, smallpox did not discriminate—killing kings and commoners alike—until an English doctor found a ...

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

Smallpox vaccines have been approved for monkeypox. But experts warn that many questions remain about the protection they provide and how to best administer them. Members of the Association of ...

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 ...

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.

While the origins of smallpox has remained a mystery for centuries, researchers now believe that it dates back 2,000 years earlier than previously thought. Until recently, the earliest genetic ...