Until now, there had been no direct genetic evidence linking colonial-era outbreaks in the Americas to strains circulating in ...

Ancient DNA from Inca mummies is the first genetic proof that European colonists brought smallpox to the Americas. The post ...

FILE - President Barack Obama awards the Medal of Freedom to Dr. William Foege, former director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, who helped lead the effort to eradicate smallpox, ...

Historians have long speculated that Europeans introduced smallpox to the Americas, which then killed hundreds of millions of ...

Scientists recovered ancient smallpox DNA from two Indigenous mummies in Chile, providing the first genetic evidence that the ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have recovered and analyzed the first ancient smallpox virus genomes ever identified ...

By Will Dunham WASHINGTON, July 30 (Reuters) - When Spanish conquistadors arrived in the New World some five centuries ago, ...

A Nov. 15 Facebook post (direct link, archive link) from the liberal group Occupy Democrats includes side-by-side images of a child infected with smallpox and Robert F. Kennedy Jr., President-elect ...

ATLANTA – Dr. William Foege, a leader of one of humanity's greatest public health victories — the global eradication of smallpox — has died. Foege died Saturday in Atlanta at the age of 89, according ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Dr. William Foege, whose leadership was pivotal in eradicating smallpox from the globe, has died at 89. Working as ...