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Bill Gates Considers This 'One Of The Most Important Achievements' In Human History
Tuesday, May 9, 2023 - 8:41am | 502Bill 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...
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Siga Continues Rally After FDA Approves Smallpox Drug
Monday, July 16, 2018 - 10:42am | 323The 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...
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Who Bears The Brunt Of New Quarantine Costs?
Friday, February 3, 2017 - 4:22pm | 610The 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...