Often called the Speckled monster, Smallpox was one of the most terrifying diseases known to humanity. In 18th-century Europe alone, the disease killed an estimated 400,000 people every year, with a ...

This article is republished from the Council on Foreign Relations. Read the original article here. Vaccination campaigns are widely considered to be a public health success story. Since Edward Jenner ...

William Foege, MD, MPH, a leader of one of humanity's greatest public health victories -- the global eradication of smallpox -- has died. Foege died Saturday in Atlanta at the age of 89, according to ...