William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89

His containment strategy helped wipe out the disease in the 1970s, one of the world’s greatest public health triumphs. He ...
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Dear Doctor: With declining vaccination rates and upsurge in measles cases, is smallpox next?

DEAR DR. ROACH: With the resurgence of measles because of declining vaccination rates, should we be wary of the same happening with smallpox (which was also thought to have been eradicated)? And as an ...
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Current State of Research, Development, and Stockpiling of Smallpox Medical Countermeasures

An ad hoc committee of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will conduct a study to examine lessons learned from the recent Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic and ...

Dr. William Foege, leader in smallpox eradication, has died

Dr. William Foege, a leader in the global eradication of smallpox, has died. He was 89. Foege was director of the U.S.