A leader in the global fight against smallpox and a champion of vaccine science, William Foege died last Saturday ...

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

Dr. William Foege, a leader of one of humanity's greatest public health victories — the global eradication of smallpox — has ...

Dr. William Foege, credited with saving millions of lives because of his work leading the global eradication of smallpox, has died at 89.

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

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Calamine lotion can be used to help relieve the itchiness of chickenpox spots [Getty Images] Young children in the UK are being ...

Young children in the UK are being offered protection against chickenpox on the NHS for the first time. It is being added to the list of standard childhood vaccinations from the start of January, and ...

A relatively mundane middle-aged rite of passage — shingles vaccination — might offer an added benefit: protection against, or even the slowing of the progression of, dementia. Over the past several ...

A relatively mundane middle-aged rite of passage — shingles vaccination — might offer an added benefit: protection against, or even the slowing of the progression of, dementia. Over the past several ...

Scientists have used AlphaFold 3 to identify a potential new drug target to treat monkeypox virus. With the help of artificial intelligence (AI), an international team of researchers has made the ...

HAYWOOD COUNTY, N.C. (FOX Carolina) - Haywood Health and Human Services has confirmed a case of chickenpox at Waynesville Middle School. Chickenpox symptoms include a blister-like rash, itching, ...