Monkeypox is a disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a pathogen closely related to variola virus, which causes smallpox.

Earlier this week a handful of vials were found at a vaccine research facility in Pennsylvania. The discovery was confirmed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday. The vials were ...

Smallpox, a disease that killed an estimated 500 million people in the 20th century alone, is the only human disease to be eradicated. However, a new report, "Future State of Smallpox Medical ...

Well, this is disconcerting. According to an announcement today from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), vials of the smallpox virus were found in a lab in Maryland that was not only unapproved ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. — Frozen vials labeled “smallpox” that were recently discovered at a Pennsylvania facility contained no trace of the virus that causes the eradicated disease, according to the ...

The term "detection" is used here to denote identification of the virus in the environment, while "diagnosis" refers to determination that the virus or pathogen has infected a human host. The need to ...

In a groundbreaking new study, a team of researchers from South Dakota State University—led by associate professor Saikat Basu—determined the critical exposure durations for inhaled transmission of ...

CC0 Usage Conditions ApplyClick for more information. In 1967, the World Health Organization (WHO) initiated a program of world-wide eradication of smallpox through mass immunization and the vigorous ...

NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...