From Small Pox to Poverty ? Salem's Public Health History 
Patch.com
At the time there were few inhabitants in the area making this an ideal place for treating and separating people with communicable diseases, most especially, small pox. It was here and at another pest house located in Salem's Great Pasture, ...

 

Libraries are sources for a wealth of information old and new 
Fairbanks Daily News-Miner
Yet another reason why I'm glad I live where and when I do, is that all Alaska residents have free access to an expensive online medical database called Health Reference Center to get in-depth information on things like smallpox when they emerge in the ...

 

American History Myths Debunked: The Indians Weren't Defeated by White Settlers 
Indian Country Today Media Network.com
By ICTMN Staff May 20, 2012 British Captain Simeon Ecuyer, portrayed by Ken Treese, second from right, offered blankets infected with smallpox to the Indians besieging Fort Pitt. From left, interpreters Christopher Jones, Ted Boscana, Treese, ...

 

Smallpox: the facts 
OUPblog (blog)
On this day in 1796, British doctor Edward Jenner administered the first smallpox vaccination to James Phipps, an eight-year-old boy. To mark the anniversary, we speak with Martin S. Hirsch, MD, FIDSA. Dr. Hirsch is editor-in-chief of The Journal of ...

 

Smallpox Eradication Continues to Inspire Innovations in Global Health 
MarketWatch (press release)
In a special edition of Vaccine released today, Sabin President, Dr. Peter Hotez, and Sabin Executive Vice President, Dr. Ciro de Quadros, share their insights on global health innovations and advancements since the eradication of smallpox was ...

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Smallpox Eradication Continues to Inspire Innovations in Global Health 
PR Newswire (press release)
Their commentary is included in a special supplement that highlights discussions and research from the historic symposium "Smallpox Eradication after 30 Years: Lessons, Legacies and Innovations." The symposium, which reviewed the major lessons from ...

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Polio should wiped out from world, now 
The Citizen Daily
The world's war on polio, declared nearly a quarter of a century ago, was as ambitious an undertaking as the successful campaign to eradicate another great public health menace, smallpox. Slowly but surely, over the years, we have advanced on that goal ...
Ban Ki-moon: Eradicate polio, finally Los Angeles Times

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Save lives or save money? 
On Line opinion
By Maree Nutt - posted Monday, 21 May 2012 It was long thought impossible that a cure for smallpox, one of the deadliest diseases in human history, could be found. For a while it was deemed impossible for man to be able to fly like a bird, ...

 

Illness reported at new schools 
Daily Inter Lake
It has long been suggested that smallpox still exists and has simply been renamed to carry on the hoax that vaccination has saved us from the mighty jaws of the smallpox epidemics. In an article titled 'Smallpox: a New Threat' Susan Claridge (8) wrote: ...

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Combating epidemics when we were Ceylon 
Sunday Times.lk
In that scenario, the indifference of the coffee and tea plantation overlords and the owners of large plantations who resided abroad to contain epidemics of cholera and smallpox was a major setback for the central government.