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

Luckily, we live in a time where we don't have to worry about smallpox anymore. It's a horrible disease, but through smart ...

William Foege, a Decorah-born physician who led the CDC and pioneered the strategy that helped eradicate smallpox, died Jan.

Dr. William Foege, a leader of one of humanity's greatest public health victories — the global eradication of smallpox — has ...

Former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) director and public health legend Willam Foege, MD, MPH, passed away ...

Foege also led efforts to end polio, and said in 2013 that the project was close to success. That victory, though, may be ...

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

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 ...

Charlotte firefighters, along with police, MEDIC and other local agencies wrapped up a week of training in the event that smallpox was released into the air. June 25, 2004 Charlotte firefighters, ...

Imperfect isolation can’t eradicate smallpox The lack of laser-focus on isolation meant that many avoidable gaps remained in ...