The last-ever case was diagnosed in 1977. Smallpox is one of only two infectious diseases to have been completely stopped. Hooray for vaccines!

Of all the diseases ever suffered by humans, smallpox is the only one to be completely eradicated from the face of the Earth. The few known remaining samples are under heavy guard in research labs ...

There are two smallpox vaccines in the US. For the newer, safer one, supply is scarce — representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday that upwards of 1,000 ...

The smallpox came in the mail, in a little piece of 350-year-old human skin. And the surprise discovery is dramatically rewriting the history of one of the most notorious diseases to plague humankind.

yet different enough not to bring on the smallpox disease once it enters your body. This similar virus is cowpox. The cow to the left has been intentionally infected with cowpox virus. The fluid ...

No further research is needed on the samples, given that there are multiple vaccines to prevent smallpox disease, with enough doses stockpiled for everyone living in the US; updated vaccines that have ...

Done again and again, they circled and beat down the disease. Smallpox is caused by variola virus. It is contagious and will spread from person to person. A fever gives way to a rash, that turns ...