Smallpox

Smallpox was an infectious disease caused by one of two virus variants, Variola major and Variola minor. The last naturally occurring case was diagnosed in October 1977, and the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the global eradication of the disease in 1980. The risk of death after contracting the disease was about 30%, with higher rates among babies. Often those who survived had extensive scarring of their skin, and some were left blind.The initial symptoms of the disease included fever and vomiting. This was followed by formation of ulcers in the mouth and a skin rash. Over a number of …

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WHO: World Health Organization · 19 April 2024

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natural, acci- dental or deliberate re-emergence of smallpox. In line with World Health Assembly resolution effectiveness against mpox of vaccinia- based smallpox vaccines, and, in Novem- ber 2022, endorsed their cours pour 1 World Health Assembly resolutions on smallpox WHA52.10, WHA55.15 and WHA60.1 can be found at: at: https://www.who. int/emergencies/situations/smallpox/world-health-assembly- resolutions-and-reports the seventy-second Health Assembly (2019) on Smallpox eradication: destruction of variola virus stocks


WHO: World Health Organization · 19 April 2024

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natural, acci- dental or deliberate re-emergence of smallpox. In line with World Health Assembly resolution effectiveness against mpox of vaccinia- based smallpox vaccines, and, in Novem- ber 2022, endorsed their cours pour 1 World Health Assembly resolutions on smallpox WHA52.10, WHA55.15 and WHA60.1 can be found at: at: https://www.who. int/emergencies/situations/smallpox/world-health-assembly- resolutions-and-reports the seventy-second Health Assembly (2019) on Smallpox eradication: destruction of variola virus stocks


AFT: American Federation of Teachers · 17 April 2024 English

We remain hopeful that the governor’s office, the also has a severe maternal morbidity rate, higher than anywhere legislature, and all other stakeholders will join us in the important else …

for adult Union leaders be abandoned entirely? smallpox vaccinations and in 1922 for school-based have


WHO: World Health Organization · 12 April 2024

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ab=tab_1 Schistosomiase Smallpox https://www.who.int/health-topics/smallpox#tab=tab_1 Variole Soil-transmitted


Urban Institute · 11 April 2024 English

This guide equips advocates and other changemakers with critical information for advancing equity in the Indian Health Service (IHS), including background on the IHS funding and mission, an overview of …

settlers purposefully exposed Native populations to smallpox and other infectious diseases they didn’t have


Yoorrook Justice Commission · 1 April 2024 English

20 But the development of the settlement, the conquest, whatever words you choose, of Victoria, came very specifically in a particular period and that was the period from the mid-1830s …

invaders bring with them diseases. The common cold, smallpox 45 and blankets. Rifle, bullets, bayonets. The


WHO: World Health Organization · 29 March 2024 English

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ab=tab_1 Schistosomiase Smallpox https://www.who.int/health-topics/smallpox#tab=tab_1 Variole Soil-transmitted


NBER: National Bureau of Economic Research · 27 March 2024 English

We study the effect of mandates requiring COVID-19 vaccination among healthcare industry workers adopted in 2021 in the United States. There are long-standing worker shortages in the U.S. healthcare industry, …

In 1855, the state of Massachusetts mandated smallpox vaccinations for chil- dren before going to school In 1902, due to a smallpox outbreak in Massachusetts, the state required a smallpox vaccine for all residents residents.2 Smallpox vaccine requirements began much earlier in the U.S. Army during the American Revolution-


WHO: World Health Organization · 22 March 2024 French

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ab=tab_1 Schistosomiase Smallpox https://www.who.int/health-topics/smallpox#tab=tab_1 Variole Soil-transmitted


IPC: Integrated Food Security Phase Classification · 19 March 2024 English

From mid-March to mid-July, in the most likely scenario and under the assumption of an escalation of the conflict including a ground offensive in Rafah, half of the population of …

cases of “hepatitis A, gastroenteritis, diarrhoea, smallpox, lice, [and] influenza.” Solid Waste Management


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