TweetA Native American remedy thought to have been used to treat smallpox victims in the late 19th century was recently rediscovered and found to be effective in killing the poxvirus. Smallpox has been eradicated, but possible treatments for the poxvirus … Read More

TweetWhen compared with the biological warfare defenses of the United States, South Korea’s capabilities to deal with the smallpox virus fall well short despite North Korea’s biological weapons capacity. In a defense white paper, the Ministry of National Defense said … Read More

TweetBavarian Nordic A/S, a vaccine-focused biotechnology company, announced on Thursday that it has submitted a marketing authorization application to the European Medicines Agency for IMVAMUNER, its third-generation smallpox vaccine. The smallpox vaccine, which will be marketed under the trade name … Read More

Scientists from the Boston University School of Medicine recently identified a compound that stops viruses from replicating. Read More

Approximately one million doses of smallpox vaccine out of South Korea Read More