In recent years, the world has seen a surge in new and deadly infectious diseases, posing a major threat to global health.

The recent global monkeypox (mpox) outbreak, with a new and aggressive variant, has underscored the dire need for safe, broadly effective, and accessible vaccines. The LC16m8 vaccine, an attenuated ...

In recent years, the world has seen a surge in new and deadly infectious diseases, posing a major threat to global health. Outbreaks of COVID-19, H1N1 ...

Monkeypox, caused by the monkeypox virus—a close cousin of smallpox—has spread rapidly worldwide. From 2022 to 2025, more ...

The model focuses on orthopoxviruses—which includes the viruses that cause smallpox and mpox ... "If you are looking for the reservoir for mpox virus in Central Africa, that's one of the ...

This is a great data-driven short documentary by Neil Halloran about how smallpox was eradicated from the face of the Earth.

Smallpox, or variola, virus has killed more human beings than any other infectious agent. Fortunately, smallpox virus has only one host-humans -- which made it possible to eradicate it. In 1967, the ...

Samples of smallpox virus are not needed for the production or further development of new vaccines or drugs because animal model poxviruses are used instead. If smallpox were to be genetically ...

Smallpox, one of the biggest killers in history, is caused by a virus called variola. Variola causes a distinctive rash and is often lethal. The name variola comes from the Latin word for “spotted” ...

parents didn't name their children until they had survived a bout with the virus. Smallpox was the single deadliest disease during the 18th century, striking commoners and royalty alike.

they tested the sample for virus DNA—and instead found the variola virus, which causes smallpox. Known for its signature blisters and gruesome deaths, smallpox killed 300 million people in the ...