The United States backed up Tuesday its long-held position on the need to preserve samples of smallpox, saying keeping a stockpile of the virus counters the threat of germ warfare.
The Huge Spread of HIV may Have Been Caused by the Decision to Stop Administering Smallpox Vaccination
Researchers feel that, one big reason for the mammoth spread of HIV was the decision to stop giving the small pox vaccination during the mid-20th century.
Researchers feel that, one big reason for the mammoth spread of HIV was the decision to stop giving the small pox vaccination during the mid-20th century.
Currently only the United States and Russia maintain the last strains of the virus which was eradicated in the 1980s. For over two decades the WHO's 193 member states have been at a deadlock on the need to preserve the samples.
The WHO, the public health arm of the United Nations, has studied a proposal seeking to extend by another five years the use of smallpox samples for research, Sebelius said.
Smallpox can Still be a Killer
Scientists have explained how variola, monkeypox, and related viruses disable the immune system to yield devastating consequences, in a new study.
Scientists have explained how variola, monkeypox, and related viruses disable the immune system to yield devastating consequences, in a new study.
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Mystery Of Potentially Fatal Reaction To Smallpox Vaccine Unraveled
A scientific team have identified the cellular defect that makes eczema sufferers more prone to eczema vaccinatum, a severe and potentially fatal reaction to smallpox vaccine.
A scientific team have identified the cellular defect that makes eczema sufferers more prone to eczema vaccinatum, a severe and potentially fatal reaction to smallpox vaccine.
