A Blueprint for Preparedness The coordinated global health effort that beat smallpox once, offers a blueprint for addressing future threats. The world has changed dramatically over the last 50 years, ...

Smallpox was eradicated in 1977. This amazing, global public health achievement isn’t just a page in a history book or an ...

"Vaccines prevent outbreaks, they build immunity and herd community infrastructure," according to Dr. Zahra Shajani ...

Close personal contact is required for transmission of variola, the DNA virus that causes smallpox. Following an incubation period, infected persons have prodromal symptoms that include high fever ...

Symptoms of fever, headache, vomiting, and drowsiness occur 8-15 days after vaccination. Sometimes more unusual symptoms, including spastic paralysis, meningitic signs, coma, and convulsions, may ...

The incubation period for the coronavirus is between 2 and 14 days. On average, COVID-19 symptoms appear around 5 days after exposure, but this can vary. Learn more.

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Monkeypox is a disease caused by the monkeypox virus, a pathogen closely related to variola virus, which causes smallpox. Monkeypox and smallpox infections trigger similar symptoms, but monkeypox ...

Gastroparesis (GP) refers to when the stomach takes longer than usual to empty its contents into the small intestine. Sometimes referred to as delayed gastric emptying, a lazy stomach, or stomach ...

Between 60 and 80 percent of people with MS report heat sensitivity, which is known as Uhthoff phenomenon or Uhthoff syndrome. In fact, heat-induced MS symptoms are so common that in the 1950s ...

The most common colon cancer symptoms in people under 50 are abdominal pain, changes to bowel movements such as going more or less frequently, constipation, bloating, and diarrhea, according to a ...

Blood test detects cancer before symptoms Many tests only catch disease once symptoms are obvious. The study highlights a potential window of opportunity that could shift how doctors monitor at-risk ...