He found that milkmaids who developed cowpox through working close to the animals day after day seemed to be protected from smallpox, the human form of the disease. • In Britain, the disease was ...

Mpox is a viral infection caused by the same family of viruses as smallpox. In central and western Africa it's common in certain animals, including squirrels and rats. People can become infected ...

The disease was susceptible to eradication because it is a uniquely human disease with no known reservoirs in the animal or insect worlds. The last person naturally infected with smallpox was a ...

Since smallpox vaccines in development cannot be tested for clinical efficacy, the Animal Rule will most likely be used to evaluate the efficacy of new-generation smallpox vaccines, per 21 CFR 601.90.

Samples of smallpox virus are not needed for the production or further development of new vaccines or drugs because animal model poxviruses are used instead. If smallpox were to be genetically ...

A veterinarian’s take on the Measles and anti-vaxxers. The good Lord gave us bigger brains than the cattle we vaccinate.

An unusual property of the smallpox virus is that it only infects humans and not animals and insects (this property was instrumental in the eradication of smallpox). After exposure to the virus, it ...

KARACHI: Following the detection of the first mpox case in Karachi, the provincial health department has requested the ...