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Smallpox

  • Mpox: The smallpox cousin that has set off a global health alarm, as explained by a microbiologist

    Mpox: The smallpox cousin that has set off a global health alarm, as explained by a microbiologist

    Rodney E Rohde, The Conversation
    · Aug 21, 2024 · 10:00 pm
  • Smallpox was eradicated from India in 1977. These are the women who made it possible

    Smallpox was eradicated from India in 1977. These are the women who made it possible

    Namrata Ganneri, The Conversation
    · Dec 02, 2019 · 08:30 pm
  • Delhi’s 2016 health report shows smallpox, polio deaths though they have not been detected in years

    Delhi’s 2016 health report shows smallpox, polio deaths though they have not been detected in years

    Scroll Staff
    · Aug 03, 2017 · 10:11 am
  • ‘Feeling lousy’ and ‘off colour’: Disease outbreaks have influenced the way we talk

    ‘Feeling lousy’ and ‘off colour’: Disease outbreaks have influenced the way we talk

    Maxine Whittaker, The Conversation
    · Jul 30, 2017 · 02:30 pm
  • From smallpox to AIDS, how the world has battled infectious diseases

    From smallpox to AIDS, how the world has battled infectious diseases

    David Griffin and Justin Denholm, The Conversation
    · Jul 16, 2017 · 02:30 pm