William (Bill) Foege, credited by many for shepherding the smallpox eradication effort to completion, died Saturday at the ...

An antiviral treatment developed for smallpox was successful in treating monkeypox – although, so far, results have been reported for only one person, so it is too soon to know how well it works. A ...

Several cases of monkeypox, a rare viral disease marked by lesions, have been confirmed recently in a number of countries. So far, only one antiviral, tecovirimat, has been approved in any part of the ...

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.

Throughout the course of human history, one infectious disease (Figure 1) may account for more deaths than any other, perhaps all others combined. Smallpox mortality falls between 20% and 50%. Until ...