With the devastating 1918 pandemic in mind, US health officials saw an outbreak in Asia and swung into action. What happened ...

Mpox outbreaks reveal gaps in global vaccine coverage and infectious disease preparedness. Learn how recent research ...

Frustration boiled over Wednesday among supporters of the United States' lead aid agency at a Washington rally, and anxious ...

When a smallpox epidemic struck Vancouver Island in 1862, colonial authorities set in motion a plan that led to the deaths of ...

Over 100 smallpox-infected monkeys have escaped from treatment centres in the east of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as a ...

One family in Bristol, Tenn., lost four daughters – all between the ages of 18 months and 14 years – during the Spanish ...

The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued ...

Background Mpox emerged as a significant global public health concern during the 2022–2023 outbreak, impacting populations in ...

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Here is what we know about polio as a disease, its vaccines and the likely number of lives saved through inoculation.

A new case of clade Ib mpox has been detected in England, the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has reported, with one person ...

The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a public health emergency of international concern in August 2024, a day after ...