BOSTON (AP) — A highly contagious disease originating far from America’s shores triggers deadly outbreaks that spread rapidly, infecting the masses. Shots are available, but a divided public agonizes ...

The Mandan, Hidatsa and Arikara languages literally started dying off with the mass deaths caused by smallpox plagues in the late 1700s and early 1800s. The most devastating epidemic was in 1837, an ...

Throughout the course of human history, one infectious disease (Figure 1) may account for more deaths than any other, perhaps all others combined. Smallpox mortality falls between 20% and 50%. Until ...

Smallpox is a deadly virus. It's been around at least since the third century BCE in the Egyptian empire. At one point, it killed almost one in three people who had it. And in the 20th century alone, ...

Most Americans are concerned about the possibility bioterrorists might use smallpox. But there is a segment of the American populace that has even more reason to be concerned. If smallpox spreads ...