On Aug. 14, 2024, the World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. There have been over 15,600 cases and over 530 deaths reported in the Democratic ...

He was director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and held other key leadership roles in campaigns ...

Last fall, anthrax occupied most of our bioterror nightmares. This year, our anxiety has refocused on an even more frightening biological threat, one that researchers ...

On Wednesday, the World Health Organization declared mpox a public health emergency of international concern. There have been over 15,600 cases and over 530 deaths reported in the Democratic Republic ...

“We have identified a limited number of widely known organisms that could cause disease and deaths in sufficient numbers to cripple a city or region. Smallpox is one of the most serious of these ...

A leader in the global fight against smallpox and a champion of vaccine science, William Foege died last Saturday ...

His containment strategy helped wipe out the disease in the 1970s, one of the world’s greatest public health triumphs. He ...

WASHINGTON -- Making smallpox vaccine available is the first step. Getting people to take it may be much harder. The vaccine protects recipients against smallpox, but it can also kill. So the Bush ...

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.

Friends and family are mourning the loss of a giant in the field of public health. Dr. William Foege, co-founder of the Atlanta-based Task Force for Global Health is credited with spearheading the ...

A Nov. 15 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) from the liberal group Occupy Democrats includes side-by-side images of a child infected with smallpox and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect ...