If you have chickenpox, you'll get itchy blisters on the body (which eventually scab over), along with other symptoms like fever and tiredness. It usually lasts about 5 to 7 days. Smallpox was ...

"We can guess that it is possible after the symptoms started, that they lived with smallpox for a few weeks…because there was enough time for the bones to become severely infected," said ...

As the EU develops its medical countermeasures and stockpiling strategy, it is vital to include both vaccines and antivirals ...

Monkeypox is a disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a pathogen closely related to variola virus, which causes smallpox.

DEAR DR. ROACH: With the resurgence of measles because of declining vaccination rates, should we be wary of the same happening with smallpox (which was also thought to have been eradicated)?

One possibility, researchers say, is another virus with similar symptoms, like chickenpox or measles. Another puzzle: If smallpox virus wasn’t around until the late 1500s or so, how did ...

“Measles is the most infectious disease we have since we eradicated smallpox,” Weber said ... to 14 to 18 people.” Symptoms typically appear seven to 14 days after contact with the ...

Although smallpox is considered a disease of the past, there is current heightened international concern regarding the potential use of smallpox virus as an agent for bioterrorism. Smallpox is ...

The Speckled Monster: A Historical Tale of Battling Smallpox by Smithsonian contributor ... The wound was bandaged and the patient then showed symptoms of the disease before recovering, usually ...