Smallpox Eradication News Today

Immunization strategies have been instrumental in controlling and eradicating diseases on a global scale.

In the context of COVID-19s global impact, it is important to remember what was accomplished on Dec. 9, 1979.

The Weatherhead Center for International Affairswarmly welcomes you to theSamuel L. and Elizabeth Jodidi Lecture “Helping Bend the Arc at the Hinges of History: A Conversation with Larry Brilliant” Free and open to the public. No tickets required. Masking is encouraged. This event will be in person and streamed live on our YouTube channel. Please plan on being seated by 3:45 p.m. as the event will start promptly at 4:00 p.m. WATCH LIVE ON YOUTUBE American epidemiologist, technologist, ph...

In May 2022, a new global outbreak of mpox (formerly, human monkeypox) emerged that was declared a public health emergency of international concern by the World Health Organization on July 23, 2022. With new patterns of person-to-person spread within sexual networks in nonendemic countries and several differences from the classic disease course, we performed a comprehensive review of existing literature on human monkeypox to discuss epidemiology, modes of transmission, clinical...

<p>The world's response to viral outbreaks in poor nations demonstrates the hoarding of resources in the Global North, but it's ultimately self-defeating for rich nations, too. </p>

Lt. Colonel AG Rangaraj, a doctor serving with the Indian Army, saved many lives during the Korean War & was awarded the Maha Vir Chakra.

Mired in misconception, the poxvirus is endemic in certain African countries but was rarely reported in Europe and the U.S. until recently

Some of the omicron variant’s unique properties – such as its ability to spread rapidly while causing milder COVID-19 infections – could usher in a new phase of the pandemic.

Some of the omicron variant’s unique properties – such as its ability to spread rapidly while causing milder COVID-19 infections – could usher in a new phase of the pandemic.

© Provided by Xinhua LONDON, Jan. 21 (Xinhua) -- Cooperation between the Soviet Union and the United States during the Cold War on rooting out smallpox