Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an entry in Wikipedia, it is highly relevant today. Understanding the ...

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Exactly 300 years ago, in 1721, Benjamin Franklin and his fellow American colonists faced a deadly smallpox outbreak. Their varying responses constitute an eerily prescient object lesson for today’s ...

Patricia L. Foster has received funding from the US Army Research Office. She is a member of the Union of Concerned Scientists and Concerned Scientists at Indiana University. Smallpox was a terrible ...