With hospitalizations and at least nine confirmed cases, health officials race to contain a growing outbreak in a community ...

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 ...

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

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 ...