All research involving the virus samples requires approval from a special World Health Organization committee of experts. The World Health Assembly, the governing body of WHO, originally scheduled ...

There are two smallpox vaccines in the US. For the newer, safer one, supply is scarce — representatives from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Monday that upwards of 1,000 ...

No insight is given into the nature of the field work that went into making large countries in Africa and Asia smallpox-free, and especially into the critical strategies of disease surveillance ...

Whether lesions are part of the pathogenesis of the virus or are ... on the skin is part of a larger infectious journey. Varicella-zoster virus (VZV), the cause of chickenpox and shingles, infects ...

Although smallpox is considered a disease of the past, there is current heightened international concern regarding the potential use of smallpox virus as an agent for bioterrorism. Smallpox is ...

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 ...

Then, in 2022, a study looked to another common virus that had been associated with Alzheimer’s disease – varicella zoster virus (VZV). This virus causes chicken pox and, in later life, shingles.