Kennedy Jr.’s lawyer, Aaron Siri, petitioned the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to revoke approval of the polio vaccine.

Depending on when and where you were born, you might have a particular scar on your arm that everyone else around you also ...

Bill Foege — the man behind smallpox eradication — reflects on politics and public health as Trump prepares to take office.

This is not the case with the vaccine devised to combat smallpox or variola virus. The smallpox vaccine is not a form of variola virus, but a preparation of vaccinia (a form of cowpox) virus.

US Surgeon General Vivek Murthy noted that consuming alcohol increases the risk for "at least seven types of cancer" ...

[14] Alternative candidates based on attenuated vaccinia strains, third-generation vaccines, may offer more favorable therapeutic ratios. Sanofi Pasteur smallpox vaccine (SPSV) NYCBH Produced in ...

On Thursday, the Japan Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare approved SIGA Technologies (NASDAQ:SIGA) antiviral treatment ...

Although well-intended, WHO’s overcautious and convoluted regulatory process stalled vaccine delivery for months before an ...

The concept of vaccines first emerged in the 18th century when Dr. Edward Jenner purposely gave a young boy cowpox. Jenner, ...

This is according to Health Minister Aaron Motsoaledi who spoke to the media on Tuesday about ongoing global talks following ...