George Washington knew the horrors of smallpox from personal experience. Health officials are welcoming celebrity endorsements of...
Smallpox
When Bostonians in 1721 faced a deadly smallpox outbreak, a new procedure called inoculation was found to...
Science and determination turned the tide against one of the worst diseases humanity has ever endured. Three...
Introduction The scientific work that led to the discovery of the causes of infections was possibly the...
The global spread of smallpox can be traced to the growth and spread of civilizations, exploration, and...
His work led to systematically developing, testing, and popularizing inoculation that saved countless lives. Introduction Edward B....
From cows to controversy, the smallpox vaccine triumphed. Not malaria. Not cholera. Not AIDS, influenza, measles, or...
Hernán Cortés owed his conquest of the Aztecs to his expedition’s unknown, unseen secret weapon: the smallpox...