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Next pandemic alert: Scientists flag smallpox-related viruses
04 Feb 2026 11:58 GMT
… potentially trigger the next pandemic.
Smallpox, medically known as variola, … greatest public health achievements.
Although smallpox no longer circulates naturally, the … an unintended consequence.
With routine smallpox vaccination stopped decades ago, …
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Guinea worm is close to being the second disease eradicated in history, following smallpox
04 Feb 2026 09:34 GMT
… .
Other diseases follow closely
Only smallpox has been officially eradicated to …
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Deadly smallpox poised to help trigger ‘next pandemic’ that could strike at any moment, experts fear
02 Feb 2026 12:34 GMT
… you!
The orthopoxvirus family includes smallpox, chickenpox, mpox, Borealpox, Buffalopox and … CamelpoxCredit: Science Photo Library
Smallpox killed 500 million people in … Sydney, told The Telegraph: “Before smallpox was eliminated, people were frequently …
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What if the smallpox vaccine had not been invented? – Part 2
31 Jan 2026 09:08 GMT
… typhoid (and isolated immediately) developed smallpox rash three days after admission … , “The Eradication of Smallpox from India” noted that “smallpox cross-infections in … . Extremely stringent isolation finally eradicated smallpox
Under the SEP, the most …
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How an 1800s vaccine drive beat smallpox in Denmark in just 7 years
30 Jan 2026 12:09 GMT
… his first vaccination against smallpox in 1796
Ernest Board… soon began ordering the smallpox vaccine from Jenner in … records of vaccination rates and smallpox cases.
Andreas Eilersen at … this rapid vaccine uptake, smallpox vanished from Copenhagen just …
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COMMENTARY: Disease has a bright future in America — especially in Florida
04 Feb 2026 11:12 GMT
… millions of lives. Vaccines eradicated smallpox and were thought to have …
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The Compelling History of a Disease Basis for Mental Illness
04 Feb 2026 08:24 GMT
… , the eradication of polio and smallpox, cures in cancer, and, most …
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How W.E.B. DuBois and James McCune Smith Helped Combat Medical Racism in America
04 Feb 2026 10:17 GMT
… whom were dying from measles, smallpox, and tuberculosis. Some of them …
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The United States Is Once Again Canada’s Biggest Threat
04 Feb 2026 06:18 GMT
… by both poor strategy and smallpox alike. Franklin’s attempts to …
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The Tale of the Vanishing Plague: Fluoride, Fear, and the Science’s Next Question
04 Feb 2026 06:14 GMT
… fate.
This plague was not smallpox or cholera. It was dental …