The #FirstNations people of #BritishColumbia suffered a horrific #smallpox epidemic beginning in 1862 on #ThisDayInHistory when the 1851-built US #PaddleSteamer #BrotherJonathan arrived in Victoria from San Francisco. An estimated 2/3 of the Indigenous population was wiped out.

#BioTerrorAgents #Anthrax #Botulism #Plague #SmallPox #Tularemia #FIFAWorldCup #CommunicableDisease #InfectiousDisease #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #IDTwitter #InfectionPrevention #HealthCare #HealthcareWorkers #FrontLineWorkers #EssentialWorkers #StaySafe #EmorySCDU

Novosibirsk to launch pilot production of smallpox drug | News | GxP News The Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences plans to certify premises for the pilot. News GxP News.

#BiologicalWeapons #Smallpox #Medicine #Russia
Novosibirsk to launch pilot production of smallpox drug
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The Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences plans to certify premises for the pilot production ...

Today, Feb 24, our #Catholic & #Christian Friends are celebrating the Feast Day of #Saint #Matthias (patron #alcoholism, #carpenters, #smallpox, and #tailors )

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Painting:
Martyrdom of Saint Matthias,
1435 (Oil on Canvas),
by #StefanLochner

#SmallpoxSunday @LadyWortleyMontagu promoted #Vaccination in Britain saving millions of lives and eventually the elimination of #smallpox. Her #memorial in entrance to @LichfieldCathedral

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#Biden #Cold War #disease #Executive #Joe Biden #power #smallpox #Surveillance #The Who #Trump #CovFEVE - SHUT UP, PIGGY 🐷 ⛬ #UK #USSR #war #World Health Organization

#mglit #bookreview REBELLION 1776 is at YABC!
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#1776 #historicalfiction #smallpox #epidemic #RevolutionaryWar

Sometimes I'm like, why am I even bothering to try to improve my #health parameters that I can control, preventing #diabetes and #heartdisease, because if #smallpox comes back (or even a more virulent #birdflu), I'll be dead within 48 hours of my last #clinical shift in the #hospital.

Mpox transmission model sheds light on a medical mystery In a groundbreaking new study, a team of researchers from South Dakota State University—led by associate professor Saikat Basu—determined the critical exposure durations for inhaled transmission of…

#Mpox transmission model sheds light on a medical mystery ...

| #monkeypox | #viruses | #smallpox | #inhalation | By @sdstate.bsky.social via @sciencex.bsky.social

from Hudson Review 2021. Bart Casey. The Jab. #smallpox #vaccination hudsonreview.com/2021/07/the-...

Convicted FELON, adjudicated sex offender and alleged #Russian asset, donald #trump is the Smallpox of our generation.

And thanks to #RobertFKennedyJr., #Smallpox will be appearing in emergency departments shortly, just after his #Measles epidemic that the religious nuts are thirsty for these days.

History tends to remember the monsters. But this dude is instrumental in stopping a disease #Smallpox that killed between 250-500 MILLION people throughout history. William Foege passed away recently and should be remembered.

#PublicHealth #EmergingDisease #Smallpox #Preparedness
Return of the pox: How smallpox eradication cleared the way for new threats
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“Before smallpox was eliminated, people were frequently exposed to the virus and there were mass vaccination campaigns ...

The forgotten hero who helped eradicate one of humanity’s oldest killers William Foege helped give us a world without smallpox. We’re marking his death by letting measles come back.

"William Foege helped give us a world without #smallpox. We're marking his death by letting #measles come back."

Date: Feb 3, 2026

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In Memoriam: William Foege and the Nigerian experiment that helped end smallpox - Businessday NG 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 Nigeria...

#Smallpox #Vaccination #Nigeria #Obituary
In Memoriam: William Foege and the Nigerian experiment that helped end smallpox
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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 Nigeria. He ...

Just discovered that Bill Foege's speeches have been published #OpenAccess by Hopkins Press: muse.jhu.edu/resource/7 #smallpox #histmed

#MedievalSky #histmed #histSTM #smallpox #measles #EpiSky Two PhD positions at @exeter.ac.uk.

Opinion | Bill Foege’s optimism helped save the world from smallpox His design of “surveillance-containment” changed the course of public health strategy.

#PublicHealth #Smallpox #Eradication #Vaccination #India #NuclearTest #Obituary
Bill Foege’s optimism helped save the world from smallpox
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Then, India detonated its first nuclear device. As reporters streamed in to cover that event, they found ...

What a brutal week as we enter the 2nd year of this administration

1️⃣ 🇺🇸 U.S. withdrawal from #WHO finalized
2️⃣🕊️ 37 year-old ICU nurse #AlexPretti killed
3️⃣ 🌍 New #Nipah outbreak in #India
4️⃣💉 #ACIP chair questioned routine #polio vaccination
5️⃣📉 #BillFoege — who helped eradicate #smallpox passed away

Dr. William Foege, Smallpox Eradication Pioneer, Dies at 89 ATLANTA (JN) - Dr. William Foege, a leading figure in global public health and a key architect of smallpox eradication,

Dr. William Foege, whose pioneering work helped eradicate smallpox, has died at 89, leaving a lasting mark on global public health.

#WilliamFoege #Smallpox #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #CDC

Public health giant William Foege, who helped eradicate smallpox, has died at 89 ‘I wish we could have spared him from seeing that’: Friends of Bill Foege on his legacy, and his anger over anti-vaccination.

Public health giant William #Foege, who helped eradicate #smallpox, has died at 89 ...

| #Scientist | #vaccination | #pathogen | By @helenbranswell.bsky.social via @statnews.com

One life to live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWAY...

#smallpox #williamfoege #rip

ABC Satire on Smallpox Claim Sparks Australia Day Backlash A 'long-debunked myth' meant to inflame resentment. The post ABC Satire on Smallpox Claim Sparks Australia Day Backlash first appeared on VibeWire Magazine.

ABC Satire on Smallpox Claim Sparks Australia Day Backlash #Australia #BreakingNews #AustraliaDay #CraigKelly #SmallPox

So sad to lose our local (global) hero Bill Foege. #public #health #IDTwitter #smallpox

When we used to believe in infectious disease. #smallpox

William H. Foege Died #Smallpox archive.is/202601250239...

William H. Foege, Key Figure in the Eradication of Smallpox, Dies at 89

We lost a giant in public health today.

Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.

His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.

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#disease #smallpox #vaccination

Pustules Pustules, Palaeogenetics and Pandemics from Galen to Rhazes: How to do the Early History of Smallpox and Measles Members of the STAMP Research Centre are involved in an exciting interdisciplinary proj...

For more details about the project as a whole, see here: #histmed #sts #smallpox #measles #histsci 4/4: sites.exeter.ac.uk/stamp/2026/0...