On May 8, 1980, forty-five years ago, the World Health Organization, a part of the United Nations, announced that officials had eradicated smallpox from the world’s population. The last case occurred ...

The advent of vaccinations came when a scientist, by the name of Edward Jenner, discovered that an individual exposed to a particular disease is protected from a close variation of another. At the ...

Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an entry in Wikipedia, it is highly relevant today. Understanding the ...

The cow-pock - or - the wonderful effects of the new inoculation! - Vide, the publications of ye anti-vaccine society. Js. Gillray, del & ft.

PARKERSBURG, W.Va. (WTAP) -On December 9, 1979, a commission of scientists declare smallpox has been eradicated. The disease, ...

In 1897, amid growing resistance across the UK, angry residents took to the streets of Charlbury in a protest that turned so chaotic it was said to have helped bring about a change in the law. Radio ...