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Abraham Lincoln has been dead for 142 years, but he still manages to make medical headlines, this time from doctors who say he had a bad case of smallpox when he delivered the Gettysburg Address.
Saint Louis University said Monday it will lead a national study of a new vaccine for smallpox, once one of the world's most feared diseases and now considered a threat to re-emerge as a bioweapon.
Following Indian newspaper reports of sudden outbreak of smallpox in Bangladesh and Myanmar border areas, World Health Organisation (WHO) has generated feverish activity among the health workers in the country although not a single patient has been found in last three days' sea …
Smallpox, the only human infectious disease thought eradicated, returned to haunt the state today following reports of outbreaks in Bangladesh and Myanmar.
Researchers are part of a nationwide research study to determine the safety and effectiveness of a new smallpox vaccine geared toward adults ages 18 to 34 who have never been vaccinated against the disease. The study is the first of its type in Northeast Ohio.
GENEVA (Reuters) - The World Health Organization (WHO) on Friday delayed for at least four years any decision on when to destroy the world's last known stockpiles of smallpox, a deadly virus eradicated nearly 30 years ago.
Documents show Washington believed that the British intentionally spread smallpox among Americans during the War of Independence. 130,000 Americans died during that period.
Rumors of WarBy Michael Hirsh and Maziar Bahari Newsweek Feb. 19, 2007
It is becoming increasingly clear that, if a blow is to fall upon Iran, it will fall soon. The United States now fields two Nuclear Carrier groups in the Persian Gulf.
"Mohamet and a delegation traveled from the colony of Connecticut in 1763 to petition King George II for the return of Mohegan land that had been appropriated by British settlers. London was in the grip of a smallpox outbreak, and Mohamet perished Aug. 8."
An Islamic Bomb: the words put fear into the hearts of Americans, Israelis, and Europeans alike. Iran, despite its claims to the contrary, is very likely in a frantic race for nuclear weapons.
The Survivalist How To Survive the Avian Flu, Smallpox, or Plague
The New York City archives containe centuries of complaint letters. A reprint includes letters from 1751 to 1973. Times change. Complaints are forever.
After a variety of seemingly unrelated achievements, Larry Brilliant was made the head of Google.org, Google's charitable arm. With his intellectual curiosity and track record, I think Google made a great choice.
Disease has played a part in life for as long as life has existed (and maybe even before). Human history is filled with plagues and epidemics that have literally shifted the course of human events.
This is just plain stupid. How hard would it be for companies to screen orders and compare them to lists of harmful DNA sequences (also screen for part). If there's more than 75% homology, then a red flag goes up.
"How hard is it to build your own weapon of mass destruction? ... easy if you have the right hardware. The critical piece of gear is a DNA synthesizer."
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