Foege’s greatest accomplishment was that we don’t have to think about his greatest accomplishment: developing the ring vaccination strategy that helped eradicate smallpox from the face of the Earth.

It all started with an unremarkable trip to grandma’s house in 1970. But two days into the visit, something went terribly wrong. The 9-month-old grandson fell ill. First, a fever. Then, a nasty rash.

An FDA-approved vaccine for smallpox and mpox is effective but causes side effects. The other requires multiple doses. An experimental single-dose vaccine uses the horsepox virus to harness the ...

On Dec. 9, 1979 — 45 years ago Monday — a commission of doctors working with the World Health Organization declared that smallpox had been eradicated from the face of the Earth. The disease, which ...

This year it’s COVID-19. But years ago, particularly among Native Americans, the feared disease was smallpox. Bernie Webb, formerly of Carrington, N.D., and now of Gettysburg, S.D., sent a report ...

WASHINGTON -- Any health care workers or others vaccinated against smallpox who accidentally infect someone close to them will not be liable for damages, the Bush administration has decided. The ...

An FDA-approved vaccine for smallpox and mpox is effective but causes side effects. The other requires multiple doses. An experimental single-dose vaccine uses the horsepox virus to harness the ...

As governments contend with post-Covid fatigue, tighter public health budgets and uneven vaccine uptake, concern is shifting ...

ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis has a long history of being in the forefront of efforts to eradicate smallpox. One of the nation's first vaccine programs was in St. Louis, which, like many other parts of the ...