smallpox

Bill Gates has touched on what he described as one of mankind's "most important achievements" in history. What Happened: The billionaire tweeted on a day when the 33rd World Health Assembly declared the planet free of Smallpox back in May 1980. Eradicating smallpox was hard, but it was also one...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first treatment of smallpox on Friday. What Happened Siga Technologies (NASDAQ: SIGA) announced the FDA's approval of TPOXX, or tecovirimat. The drug consists of an antiviral treatment designed to diminish the effects of smallpox upon...

The question of how much power the government should exercise to keep Americans safe is a complicated and controversial issue; one that is the root of much of the conflict arising since President Donald Trump took office two weeks ago. Trump’s travel ban on visitors from seven majority-Muslim...