This, as many of you probably already know, is the smallpox vaccine. Let's take a deep dive into the world of smallpox vaccine scars – those little marks on our skin that hold big stories within ...
In 1855, Massachusetts became the first state to mandate smallpox vaccination for children enrolled in public schools. By the early 1900s, several states had adopted similar policies. Given the ...
Variola is a member of the Poxvirus family of viruses. A close relative of variola within the Poxvirus family, called vaccinia, does not cause smallpox and is used as a vaccine for smallpox (in fact, ...
Japan approves SIGA's TEPOXX, the first antiviral for orthopoxviruses, for smallpox, mpox, cowpox, and vaccine-related complications. Approval is based on 15 clinical trials and pivotal animal ...