February 8, 2011 (Vienna, Austria) — The first human cowpox virus infection in the United States has been documented in an unvaccinated laboratory researcher, according to a report by investigators ...
The observation that milkmaids are frequently infected with cowpox but rarely catch smallpox is generally credited to the English doctor Edward Jenner. Although Jenner might not have been the first ...
A vaccine against smallpox exists, but governments’ supplies have dwindled since the disease was declared eradicated in 1980. Smallpox virus is preserved in laboratories in the United States and ...
Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Between mid-January and mid-February 2009, 33 human cases of cowpox were reportedly diagnosed in France (15 ...
A University researcher came down with cowpox infection this past summer, and investigators narrowed down the cause to one possible explanation – lab contamination. This worker is the first person in ...
The cowpox skin disease has reached the United States, starting right in Champaign-Urbana. A University researcher came down with the cowpox infection this past summer, and investigators narrowed down ...
Sixteenth century Aztec drawing of smallpox victims. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. One of the most celebrated medical anniversaries concerns a country doctor named Edward Jenner (1749-1823) who lived ...
In southern New York state, a dairyman, his wife and their hired man stretched out their hands palm upwards, like suppliants, to Dr. H. P. Senftner, associate director of the state department of ...
A recent surge in mumps among young adults in the UK has been linked to the 1998 MMR vaccine scare, when a now-discredited medical paper authored by Andrew Wakefield suggested a connection between the ...
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