September 2, 2022 - The 1837–38 epidemic spawned the narrative that white settlers spread “smallpox in the blankets” to clear American Indians off the land. Is it myth or fact?

► Smallpox eradication is one of the most remarkable accomplishments of the 20th century. ► The DRC's population suffers from extreme poverty, a deteriorating health system, and civil strife. ► Despite challenges, DRC's campaign was successful, ...

During the 1700s, smallpox raged through the American colonies and the Continental Army. Smallpox impacted the Continental Army severely during the Revolutionary War, so much so that George Washington mandated inoculation for all Continental soldiers in 1777.

November 2, 2021 - The history of endemic diseases epidemics and pandemics in Africa shows that the continent has had a long experience of biomedicine

On August 17, 1962, smallpox was finally suspected to have infected 14-year-old James “Jimmie” Orr, and was confirmed three days later. He had arrived in Toronto with his parents on August 12, clearly ill, after travelling by air and rail from Brazil via New York City.

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An expansive, worldwide smallpox eradication programme (SEP) was announced by the World Health Assembly in 1958, leading this decision-making body to instruct the World Health Organization Headquarters in Geneva to work with WHO regional offices to ...

The current epidemiological transition makes us wonder how the parallel of infectious diseases (IDs) might be at the end of each passing year. Yet, the surveillance of these IDs continues to focus on high-profile diseases of public health importance without ...

Fearsome though it was, ... not face smallpox unarmed. Even without an understanding of virology, they employed two weapons against the disease: isolation and inoculation. Isolation or quarantine simply meant avoiding contact between individuals sick with the disease and individuals susceptible to it. Bed linens and clothing might receive special handling. Done properly, quarantine could often halt further contagion. In the colonial period, isolation ...

August 2, 2021 - On a November day in 1721, a small bomb was hurled through the window of a local Boston Reverend named Cotton Mather. Attached to the explosive, which fortunately did not detonate, was the message: “Cotton Mather, you dog, dam you! I’ll inoculate you with this; with a pox to you.’’ ...

After his stay at the Hospital ... the smallpox. The child was recorded dead following “eruption of the pocks” on Day 10, pictured. In the 1700s and 1800s, knowledge was as valuable a commodity as spices or tobacco, and it changed hands at a rapid pace. Europe’s thirst for new land and resources, manifested through exploration and colonization...

Smallpox was, after all, still a well-known disease. Although younger practitioners might miss modified forms of the disease, its typical pattern of rash distribution, high fever, and pain were usually recognisable; and the British had considerable recent experience in controlling outbreaks. Medically manageable, the outbreak nonetheless coincided with and coloured a turning point in attitudes towards post-colonial ...

In May 1980, the Thirty-third World Health Assembly adopted a resolution accepting the report of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication and affirming its belief that this once-universal disease had been eradicated worldwide, ...

February 10, 2017 - The deadly scourge goes back for centuries, but how many?

November 20, 2024 - The mpox outbreak in Ghana is a part of the larger outbreak of human mpox caused by the West African clade of the monkeypox virus. As opposed to its West African neighbours, Ghana had no endemic presence of mpox, only experiencing it during the 2022 outbreak.

Smallpox was, after all, still a well-known disease. Although younger practitioners might miss modified forms of the disease, its typical pattern of rash distribution, high fever, and pain were usually recognisable; and the British had considerable recent experience in controlling outbreaks. Medically manageable, the outbreak nonetheless coincided with and coloured a turning point in attitudes towards post-colonial ...

Rahima Bano, the world’s last endemic case of severe smallpox, Variola Major, developed rash on October 16, 1975 on Bhola Island, Bangladesh. Achieving eradication in a country destroyed by war challenged the achievement of smallpox eradication. ...

They were given land and allowed to force the indigenous people to work for them, but they were still not satisfied. The colonists were also responsible forintroducing foreign epidemic diseases such as influenza, smallpox, measles and typhus, which drastically reduced the indigenous population ...