COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June 9, 2026 – Bavarian Nordic A/S (OMX: BAVA) today announced the award of a government contract valued over DKK 700 million to supply its MVA-BN ® smallpox/mpox vaccine to an ...

Smallpox has been eradicated worldwide since 1980 and is not held in check by vaccines, contrary to posts suggesting the deadly virus may circulate again if vaccines become optional. The posts were ...

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The protagonists of Carrell's book - Lady Mary Wortley Montagu and Dr. Zabdiel Boylston - were shunned because they introduced small amounts of smallpox into their children's skin as a way of ...

As Aboriginal nations mounted a series of coordinated and strategic campaigns to defend Country against invading settlers, ...

A highly contagious disease originating far from America's shores triggers deadly outbreaks that spread rapidly, infecting the masses. Shots are available, but a divided public agonizes over getting ...

When the World Health Organization announced in 1980 that smallpox had been eradicated, it was considered a great victory for public health — and as a result, vaccination against smallpox became ...

Scientists have discovered extinct strains of smallpox in the teeth of Viking skeletons—proving for the first time that the killer disease plagued humanity for at least 1400 years. Smallpox spread ...

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 ...

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