Fox News - Fair & Balanced

Smallpox

�??????�?????�????�???�??�?� 

    RelatedTopics

    1. Viruses
    2. Rabies Virus
    3. Tracking H1N1
    4. World Health Organization
    5. H1N1
    6. Cold
    Get updates on Smallpox
    UN puts off destroying last smallpox viruses

    Health ministers from around the world agreed Tuesday to put off setting a deadline to destroy the last known stockpiles of the smallpox virus for three more years, rejecting a U.S. plan that had called for a five-year delay.After two days of heated debate, the 193-nation World Health Assembly agreed by consensus to a compromise that calls for another review in 2014.The United States had proposed a five-year extension to destroying the U.S. and Russian stockpiles, arguing that more research is needed and the stockpiles could help prevent one of the world's deadliest diseases from being used as a biological weapon.But other ministers at the decision-making assembly of the World Health Organization said they saw little reason to retain the stockpiles, and objected to the delay in destroying them.Dr. Nils Daulaire, head of the U.S. Office of Global Health Affairs and the chief American delegate to the assembly, expressed some disappointment but said the compromise was satisfactory."Three ...

    Read More ›

    1. Experts Debate Destroying Last Smallpox Viruses

      Smallpox, one of the world's deadliest diseases, eradicated three decades ago, is kept alive under tight security today in just two places -- the United States and R...

    2. White House Plans Weekend Smallpox Drill

      Cabinet secretaries and other top officials are gathering at the White House complex Saturday to act out the roles they would play in a smallpox outbreak.The four-ho...

    3. No rush to destroying last smallpox viruses

      The United States has proposed that the last known stockpiles of the smallpox virus should be retained for at least another five years to allow for more research and...

    4. Monkeypox Rising in Wake of Smallpox Eradication

      Some 30 years after authorities doled out the last dose of smallpox vaccine, the world faces another multiplying menace: monkeypox.A new study suggests that the monk...

    5. World Health Organization Decides to Keep Smallpox Stocks ... For Now

      At the annual meeting of the governing body of the World Health Organization in Geneva, Switzerland Tuesday, a committee of world leaders decided to keep, for now, t...

    6. 135-Year-Old Piece of Skin Triggers Smallpox Scare at Museum

      An outbreak of smallpox was the furthest thing from historian Dr. Paul Levengood's mind when his staff at the Virginia Historical Society put together an exhibit of ...

    7. Smallpox Attack Exaggerated

      Concern over the possibility of terrorist attacks involving biological agents—especially the smallpox virus—is developing into full-fledged hysteria. Sen. Bill Frist...

    8. Who Has Their Hands on the Smallpox Virus? Are We Safe?

      This is a partial transcript from On the Record with Greta Van Susteren , November 8, 2002. Click here to order the entire transcript of the show.Watch On the Record...

    9. Wary of Smallpox , CDC Vaccinates Some Health Workers

      America's front line of defense against biological warfare has girded for battle — but the armor comes in the form of smallpox vaccinations from the Centers for Dise...

    10. Smallpox Vaccine Q&A

      President Bush is set to offer the smallpox vaccine to Americans. Both the disease and the vaccine carry serious risks.Q: What is smallpox? Why is it so worrisome?A:...

    11. Bush Announces Smallpox Vaccination Plan

      President Bush is lining up to be among the first Americans to receive the smallpox vaccination.Bush said Friday that he will join people thought most likely to face...

    12. Bush to Offer Smallpox Vaccine to All

      After agonizing for months, President Bush has decided to make a risky but effective smallpox vaccine available to all Americans, beginning with the military and hea...

    1. Man infected with smallpox -like virus through sex

      A man in San Diego was infected with the vaccinia virus — the virus in the smallpox vaccine — in June, 2012 after having sexual contact with someone who'd recently b...

    2. Does 'Gang of 8' immigration plan address border concerns?

      Julie Myers Wood discusses how secure our border is and giver her reaction to the Senate's proposal

    3. Questions Arise Over $433M Smallpox Drug Contract to Company Tied to Donor

      Scientists are questioning a $433 million government contract for a smallpox drug they say the country doesn't need, amid concerns over the way the project was secur...

    4. Sen. McCaskill Requests Probe Into $433M Smallpox Drug Contract

      A Democratic senator called this week for an investigation into a $433 million government contract for a smallpox drug amid questions over the necessity of the drug ...

    5. Why Isn't Team Obama Keeping Us Safe From the Smallpox Bioterror Threat?

      First the good news, then the bad news. The good news. Thanks to a massive effort launched by the Bush administration, the United States finally has almost enough sm...

    6. Next-Generation Smallpox Vaccine Being Stockpiled in U.S.

      A Danish company has delivered the first 1 million doses of a next-generation smallpox vaccine to the U.S. national stockpile, a vaccine reserved for people with wea...

    7. Decades after eradicating smallpox , countries mull whether to destroy last remaining viruses

      Smallpox, one of the world's deadliest diseases, eradicated three decades ago, is kept alive under tight security today in just two places — the United States and Ru...

    ‹ Prev12345…Next ›