Monkeypox outbreak brings focus back on smallpox vaccines. But which countries have stock?

Smallpox vaccination was discontinued after smallpox was eradicated in the 1980s

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Vaccine launched

DNA sequences of smallpox and other pathogens available online

Alarm over terror tool

Smallpox scare leads to panic purchase of its vaccine

Pox permit

WHO allows genetic modification of smallpox virus

What is Alaskapox? A microbiologist explains the recently discovered virus that just claimed its first fatality

Alaskapox — a virus in the same family as smallpox, cowpox and mpox — claimed its first fatality in January 2024

Cases of Buffalopox, India's latest emerging viral threat, underline need to understand evolutionary biology

West India has seen multiple outbreaks of buffalopox that belongs to the same family of viruses as monkeypox

Monkeypox outbreak most geographically widespread in half a century

Monkeypox cases have been on a slow but steady incline, a trend that has often been overlooked by many

A tale of two diseases

India is the shining star in the global battle to eradicate smallpox. It is also a branded villain as far as polio is concerned. How is it that …

Dictating terms

The US forces its agenda upon other member states at the fifth review conference of the bioweapons convention

What does quarantine mean and when did it begin

In the 14th century, ships arriving at Venice were made to sit at anchor for 40 days before landing. This practice, called quarantine, was …

New diseases are the result of environmental degradation

After being instrumental in the eradication of smallpox, D A Henderson , director, Centre for Civilian Biodefence, Johns Hopkins University, USA,…