A study of a smallpox vaccine that could prove vital in the United States' war on bioterrorism is under way at Stanford Medical Center. The trial tests the potency of the Dryvax vaccine, a 1970s-era ...
The last case of smallpox worldwide occurred in Somalia in October 1977. In 1980, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared the eradication of the smallpox. According to official sources, the virus ...