This groundbreaking experiment led to the development of the smallpox vaccine and, eventually, to the eradication of the disease. The last known case occurred in 1977. Then there is polio.

Smallpox infection was often more severe in pregnant women than in non-pregnant women or in men, regardless of vaccination status. Women with smallpox infection during pregnancy have higher rates ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new freeze-dried formulation of Jynneos ® (smallpox and mpox vaccine, live, non-replicating). Prior to this approval, Jynneos had only been ...