PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 9 (UPI) -- Oregon researchers have developed new testing methods to determine who has been infected in outbreaks of smallpox or the related monkeypox. Dr. Mark Slifka, lead author ...

Inoculation effectively eliminated smallpox as a threat to American troops, ending outbreaks that had removed large numbers ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Dr. William Foege, a leader of one of humanity’s greatest public health victories — the global eradication of smallpox — has died.

A sweeping outbreak of sheep and goat pox is threatening Greece's production of its iconic feta cheese, forcing the nationwide culling of hundreds of thousands animals and raising worries about ...

In 1775, Washington deployed colonial soldiers who had survived smallpox to retake Boston during a city-wide epidemic.

The pile of ice sitting in front of the “Just Do It” sign in right-center field at PK Park signified a weekend sweep for the Ducks, sealed... No. 45 Oregon men’s tennis (12-3, 3-1 Big Ten) defended ...