It all started with an unremarkable trip to grandma’s house in 1970. But two days into the visit, something went terribly wrong. The 9-month-old grandson fell ill. First, a fever. Then, a nasty rash.

This year it’s COVID-19. But years ago, particularly among Native Americans, the feared disease was smallpox. Bernie Webb, formerly of Carrington, N.D., and now of Gettysburg, S.D., sent a report ...

An FDA-approved vaccine for smallpox and mpox is effective but causes side effects. The other requires multiple doses. An experimental single-dose vaccine uses the horsepox virus to harness the ...

WASHINGTON -- Any health care workers or others vaccinated against smallpox who accidentally infect someone close to them will not be liable for damages, the Bush administration has decided. The ...

The Tulsa Health Department is preparing for smallpox. The department has spent hundreds of staff hours preparing to respond to smallpox and other bioterrorism issues. Smallpox Health Care Response ...

Dear Action Line: I saw a story in the paper recently about a smallpox scare in Lawton. Doctors were concerned that a patient had come in contact with a soldier who had been immunized for smallpox. I ...

CHICAGO -- The American Red Cross has advice for anyone who has been vaccinated for smallpox who wants to donate blood. Wait. The Red Cross says people should hold off on giving blood for 60 days from ...

The MVA-BN vaccine showed an overall effectiveness of 57.8% (95% CI, 11.8-83.0) in reducing mpox cases at 14 days or longer after the first dose; however, the effectiveness was lower in people living ...

(Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images; CDC/Image Point FR/BSIP/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) It all started with an unremarkable trip to grandma’s house in 1970. But two days into the visit, ...