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FILE PHOTO: CDC microscopic image shows monkeypox virus particles

Health May 23

What you need to know about monkeypox and how it spreads

By Maria Cheng, Associated Press

Science Feb 23

How smallpox devastated the Aztecs – and helped Spain conquer an American civilization 500 years ago

Epidemics are nothing new, and some widespread infectious diseases have profoundly changed the course of human history.

By Richard Gunderman, The Conversation

World Mar 09

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Stamping out smallpox is just one chapter of his Brilliant life story

Larry Brilliant jokes that he doesn't live up to his last name, but he has lived a remarkable life, from his early days in the San Francisco hippie scene, to his work as one of the world’s leading disease fighters…

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Health Aug 22

D.A. Henderson, who led successful effort to eradicate smallpox, dies

Henderson, a few weeks shy of his 88th birthday, died late Friday of complications that arose after he recently fractured a hip.

By Helen Branswell, STAT

Nation Sep 05

Forgotten vials of ricin, smallpox and plague uncovered in NIH labs review

The agency began an intensive investigation of all its facilities after a scientist in July found vials of smallpox dating from the 1950s, along with other contagious viruses and bacteria that had been stored and forgotten in one lab on…

By Lauran Neergaard, Associated Press

Jul 11

Following anthrax, bird flu incidents, CDC reviews lab safety protocol

By Diane Jeanty

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are calling for a change in the safety culture at the agency after multiple incidents regarding the mishandling of dangerous biological materials.

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Apr 23

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Smallpox Vaccine Causes Rare Complications

A Chicago boy contracted a life-threatening case of the vaccinia virus -- a virus similar to smallpox -- after his father, a soldier, received the smallpox vaccine. The NewsHour reports on doctors' and the military's efforts to prevent and treat…

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Aug 12

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Panel Cautions Against General Public Getting Smallpox Vaccine

Members of the general public should not get vaccinated against smallpox unless they are part of a carefully monitored study, a committee of scientists said Tuesday in a report.

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Jun 25

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Safe Mass Smallpox Vaccination Possible, Pentagon Reports

The Pentagon's campaign to vaccinate half a million military personnel against smallpox caused few serious adverse reactions overall, but did produce 37 unexpected cases of heart inflammation.

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Mar 28

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Third Person Dies of Heart Attack After Smallpox Vaccine

A 55-year-old National Guardsman is the third person to die from a heart attack after receiving the smallpox vaccine, the Pentagon said Friday.

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