Smallpox

European Commission okays smallpox vaccine in fight against monkeypox

Imvanex has been approved in the EU since 2013 for the prevention of smallpox and considered a potential vaccine for monkeypox because of the similarity between the monkeypox virus and the smallpox virus.

Monkeypox cases increase in US, over 700 infections detected globally

The CDC has cleared two antivirals used to treat smallpox to be repurposed for monkeypox treatment, while authorities deliver vaccines to US states.

Dozens of suspected monkeypox cases detected in Spain, Portugal

The virus, which causes lesions, fever, muscle ache and chills, has typically spread to people from infected animals like rodents, although human-to-human transmission has been known to occur.

Brazil's president faces scathing criticism over incompetent vaccine plan

President Jair Bolsonaro has persistently defied expert advice on containing the pandemic and recently declared he did not plan to be vaccinated.

Meet the 9th-century Muslim polymath who discerned smallpox from measles

Al Razi's knowledge of a broad range of subjects led him to make several important scientific discoveries in the Golden Age of Science.

Covid-19 and the Middle East's 'Cold War'

The pandemic has altered our temporal imagination and accelerated political tensions.