With “Rebellion 1776,” Anderson returns once again to the Revolutionary War era. Set in Boston, the story begins toward the ...

Measles is one of the most contagious infectious diseases known to science – more contagious than Ebola, smallpox or COVID-19 ...

A smallpox outbreak could kill up to 30 percent of people infected. Survivors were often left pock-marked and blind. The smallpox vaccine, originally developed with virus from a milder animal ...

This account of the recent epidemic of smallpox in Boston forms part of a report upon smallpox and vaccination prepared, at the request of the Sanitary Association, by Dr. J. C. White and myself.

Sheetala Saptami is a Hindu festival celebrated on March 21, 2025, honoring Goddess Sheetala for protection against ...

It was all ludicrous. Vaccines are a medical procedure. There is nothing religious about them, any more than a hernia ...

We spoke with Laurie Halse Anderson, recipient of the 2023 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award, about her new middle grade novel, ...

Tanzania has confirmed its first two cases of mpox, the health ministry said Monday, the first time the virus has been ...