A lot of people are staunchly pro-vaccines, some are militant anti-vaxxers and much of the population is wondering what all the fuss is about. If you already have a firm viewpoint on the question of ...

The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” The words are Ecclesiastes 1:9 – among my ...

Back in ancient times, the world of medicine was filled with odd remedies and strange cures that claimed to tackle […] ...

The global eradication of smallpox more than 40 years ago was one of the greatest achievements in public health history, vanquishing a cause of death, blindness and disfigurement that had plagued ...

Last Friday, the Trump Administration took the unusual step of purging federal websites, including those that contain public ...

When a smallpox epidemic struck Vancouver Island in 1862, colonial authorities set in motion a plan that led to the deaths of ...

Smallpox was eradicated worldwide in the late ... after a pilgrim returning to Yugoslavia from Mecca infected 175 people. • Doctors waged a vaccination campaign to wipe out smallpox which ...

The University of Minnesota is going to buy an “electric brain” that can solve mathematical problems too heavy for human gray ...

President Donald Trump’s decision to withdraw the U.S. from the World Health Organization (WHO) last week is a dangerous and ...

By 1957, scientists had a significantly more sophisticated understanding of influenza, worrying them that a pandemic similar ...

Ginger people need protection from bullying and abuse, according to an MP. Labour MP Chris Evans has asked ministers to consider extending equalities legislation to cover hair colour as well as race ...

Over the past 60 years, the influenza virus has continued to drift and shift. In 1968, a shift once again caused a pandemic.