Tag: smallpox
Alaska smallpox virus: first person dead after infection, many unanswered questions
Transmission not yet researched Probably the first person to die after being infected with the new Alaskapox virus A look into a laboratory: How the Alaska smallpox virus is transmitted…
Biotech group Evotec: smallpox and plague research for the Pentagon
Status: 05.07.2023 3:03 p.m The Hamburg-based biotech group Evotec is to develop prototypes for a drug against smallpox viruses for the Pentagon. It’s not the first order from the US…
Bavaria: Anyone who has not been vaccinated before – Bavaria
An exhibition in the Bavarian Main State Archives is dedicated to the opponents of vaccination, whose existence dates back to the beginnings of compulsory vaccination 200 years ago. Ultimately, it…
Smallpox is much older than thought – health
The plague struck everyone, even those who had previously been perfectly healthy. Those affected developed a fever and stank from the mouth, their eyes became inflamed, coughing and vomiting followed,…
First person to die of monkeypox in Europe News
Madrid – A man has died of monkeypox in Spain. It is the first known death from the disease in Europe. The Ministry of Health in Madrid confirmed the death…
Infectious Diseases: How the World Came to the Monkeypox Vaccine
The vaccine now used against monkeypox was developed primarily out of fear of bioterrorism. What this means for the vaccination campaign. source site
Smallpox vaccination: scar as a lifelong memory
If the course of the disease is mild, the blisters dry out after two to three weeks and the scabs fall off. From then on, the sick person is no…
Monkeypox: WHO certifies smallpox vaccination as highly effective against the virus
viral infection World Health Organization: Smallpox vaccination works well against monkeypox Those who have already been vaccinated against smallpox usually have a scar on their upper arm. © Bernd Weißbrod…
Infectious diseases: For whom is the monkeypox vaccination useful?
Monkeypox continues to spread. Who should now be vaccinated, what is known about symptoms, transmission routes and treatment options. source site
Smallpox viruses: This is what we know about the pathogens
by Christopher Koch 06/03/2022, 17:55 2 min reading time Smallpox viruses are a large family of pathogens. But mankind was able to defeat the most dangerous of them. We have…