In Laurie Halse Anderson’s novel for young readers, a girl in Boston must survive a dangerous smallpox epidemic—and ...

Monkeypox, caused by the monkeypox virus—a close cousin of smallpox—has spread rapidly worldwide. From 2022 to 2025, more ...

Tsilhqot'in National Government Vice-Chief Francis Laceese said the crisis is a "continuation" of threats Indigenous Peoples ...

Members of the Tsilhqot'in Nation were at the United Nations headquarters in New York City on Thursday calling for the ...

Being a child of the 1950s, aside vaccines for polio, TB and smallpox, the rest of the 'common diseases,' mumps, measles, chicken pox, rubella, and whooping cough were in fact, common! Sick days were ...

On the occasion of the World Immunisation Week, WHO Saima Wazed, Regional Director for WHO South-East Asia, shared insights on the goal of World Immunisation Week and elaborated on the 2025 theme-- ...

Monkeypox is both less contagious and less deadly than smallpox, with the West African clade (the version of the virus involved in the current outbreak) having an estimated 1% fatality rate in humans.

In observance of World Immunisation Week, WHO's Saima Wazed emphasizes the importance of vaccines in protecting global health ...

The NCDHHS has warned N.C. residents about detections of mpox particles associated with more serious symptoms.

As the world heats up, vast numbers of microbes frozen in vast amounts of ice are set to thaw. We must prepare ...

Wang Huaqing, chief immunization planning expert at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention, said the whooping ...

In recognition of World Immunisation Week (April 24–30), we explore how vaccines have transformed healthcare – and consider ...