This, as many of you probably already know, is the smallpox vaccine. Let's take a deep dive into the world of smallpox vaccine scars – those little marks on our skin that hold big stories within ...

By William J. Broad In 1999, William J. Broad and two colleagues wrote a comprehensive article on the past, present and future of the smallpox virus. Feb. 12, 2025 President Trump’s order that ...

The 3rd century tomb was used to stop the deadly spread of a pandemic The Cyprian Plague killed 5,000 people a day at its peak from 250 to 271 AD The disease was believed to be smallpox ...

That was in the 1600s, y’all. By 1679, smallpox had a new name in the court of Count de Frontenac Louis de Baude in France: ...

The worst plague in history was the Black Death ... They caused empires to fall and new ones to arise. Smallpox first emerged around 68,000 years ago. We have no idea how many people it has ...

It does little good: in the coming months, about 10,000 people in Rome succumb to plague. During a smallpox epidemic in New York City, the General Assembly passes a law forbidding people coming ...

Changes were also seen in the size of dishware. Large plates had been popular before the smallpox plague, but afterward they were increasingly replaced by smaller ones, Jinno said. In response to ...

Here’s a look back at some of them. Smallpox is caused by the variola virus, which spreads through skin-to-skin contact or contact with bodily fluids. It can also be spread through the air.

including smallpox, plague, anthrax and botulism. But some experts suggest that the government's interest in biodefense might be a passing fad. Richard Condit, a poxvirus researcher and professor ...