It was late November of 1801, and William C. C. Claiborne arrived in Natchez only a few months before a smallpox epidemic hit the Mississippi Territory. Claiborne had just been appointed to his ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Louisiana Purchase was still two years away. Natchez was pretty much the wild, wild west on the frontier of a young United ...

A Nov. 15 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) from the liberal group Occupy Democrats includes side-by-side images of a child infected with smallpox and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect ...

Alexander Milton Ross's tale reveals striking similarities to today's vaccine hesitancy and the enduring challenge of combating misinformation campaigns. By Sabrina Sholts / MIT Press Reader Published ...

Last fall, anthrax occupied most of our bioterror nightmares. This year, our anxiety has refocused on an even more frightening biological threat, one that researchers ...

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.

A national survey last week revealed that huge numbers of Americans have serious misconceptions about smallpox, a deadly disease that has not occurred naturally for more than 20 years. The government ...

Aug 30 (Reuters) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted expanded approval to Emergent BioSolutions' (EBS.N), opens new tab smallpox vaccine for use in people at high risk of mpox infection.

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 ...

A Nov. 15 Facebook post from the liberal group Occupy Democrats includes side-by-side images of a child infected with smallpox and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect Donald Trump's nominee for ...