I picked this book up with eager anticipation and put it down with a mixture of admiration and disappointment. Written by a French-speaking immunologist and translated into English, the book deals ...

Throughout the ages, smallpox, now known to be caused by a virus, was a serious, and often deadly, disease that had spread ...

Depending on when and where you were born, you might have a particular scar on your arm that everyone else around you also ...

Bill Foege — the man behind smallpox eradication — reflects on politics and public health as Trump prepares to take office.

The concept of vaccines first emerged in the 18th century when Dr. Edward Jenner purposely gave a young boy cowpox. Jenner, ...

Today there is mounting concern about the threat of a bioterrorist attack using smallpox—so much concern that in October 2001 the American government decided to order enough vaccine to protect ...

Vaccines are commonly made of killed, weakened, or parts of a virus which can stimulate the body's immune system. Normally, in response to vaccine administration, immunoglobulins are formed which ...