When Dr William Foege died earlier this month, the world mourned the loss of a scientist who helped rid humanity of a virus that had plagued the Earth for thousands of years.

DEADLY smallpox, which claimed the lives of an estimated 500 million people in the 20th century, could help trigger the next ...

Experts warn that declining immunity after smallpox eradication could allow related poxviruses to trigger the next pandemic.

Dr. William Foege, a leader in the global eradication of smallpox, has died. He was 89. Foege was director of the U.S.

William Foege, who has died aged 89, was the epidemiologist responsible for devising a successful vaccination strategy in the ...

His containment strategy helped wipe out the disease in the 1970s, one of the world’s greatest public health triumphs. He ...

Pioneering biostatistician and infectious disease expert Dr. Elizabeth Halloran recently transitioned to emerita after a ...

William H. Foege, who died on January 24 at the age of 89, was not yet a giant of public health when he arrived in northern ...

Luckily, we live in a time where we don't have to worry about smallpox anymore. It's a horrible disease, but through smart ...

Dr. William H. Foege, an international public health giant credited as a visionary in the earliest days of Bill and Melinda Gates’ global health programs, and who developed the vaccination strategy ...

Imperfect isolation can’t eradicate smallpox The lack of laser-focus on isolation meant that many avoidable gaps remained in ...

Guinea worm is on course to become the second human disease eradicated after smallpox, with only 10 human cases reported ...