A more likely source of the disease was ‘variolas matter’ brought by surgeon John White on the First Fleet. This was pus from a recovering smallpox victim sealed in a glass bottle, which White ...

Smallpox was certified eradicated in 1980, but I first learned about the disease's twisty, storied history in 1996 while interning at the World Health Organization.

Among the many moments that were a hit, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie included one quip that many feel was a miss: A line about how Indigenous people were defenseless to smallpox brought by colonizers.

As explorers and fur traders entered the Pacific Northwest by the 1700s, so did smallpox. Today, experts describe the infectious disease’s blow to regional tribes as devastating, sometimes ...

The White House declared monkeypox a public health emergency in August to streamline resources and boost ... as the Jynneos shot was originally designed to prevent smallpox, a related disease.

The White House on Thursday announced a round of new research commitments aimed at better understanding how to to diagnose, treat and prevent monkeypox, with new clinical trials being done both in … ...

The White House Monkeypox Response Team held a briefing on the Biden administration's efforts to combat the disease. Officials discussed the latest efforts on vaccines, testing, treatment, and ...

The White House unveiled a plan Tuesday to send monkeypox vaccines and support to gay pride events across the ... the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had recorded 18,101 cases in ...

The White House Monkeypox Response Team held a news conference to provide updates on the response effort. The coordinator of the team, Robert Fenton, reported there would soon be enough JYNNEOS ...

College leaders met with the White House and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Thursday to discuss how colleges can help stop the spread of monkeypox and COVID-19 as students return to ...

A top official on the White House monkeypox response team on Friday sought to defend the Biden administration’s actions as the outbreak worsens but did not offer substantive explanations for why ...

A top official on the White House monkeypox response team on Friday sought to defend the Biden administration’s actions as the outbreak worsens but did not offer substantive explanations for why ...