A British teenager was infected with a virus so rare that it hadn't been seen by doctors in 15 years A TEENAGE boy found himself covered in pus-filled lesions after contracting a 18th century cowpox ...

Smallpox, once a major scourge on humanity, was eradicated in 1979 following widespread vaccination programs. Vaccination against smallpox stopped then (the vaccine sometimes had severe side effects) ...

February 8, 2011 (Vienna, Austria) — The first human cowpox virus infection in the United States has been documented in an unvaccinated laboratory researcher, according to a report by investigators ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Between mid-January and mid-February 2009, 33 human cases of cowpox were reportedly diagnosed in France (15 ...

A vaccine against smallpox exists, but governments’ supplies have dwindled since the disease was declared eradicated in 1980. Smallpox virus is preserved in laboratories in the United States and ...

A 15-year-old has shocked doctors after contracting the first case of cowpox Wales has seen in over a decade. The teenager developed pus-filled sores on his hands and feet after feeding calves and ...

Scientists have created a new cowpox-style virus in a bid to cure several major types of cancer. The virus, called CF33, was shown to be a potent killer of several cancer strains in a petrie dish and ...

RBANA – A student lab worker was infected with cowpox last year at the University of Illinois, but is fine now. This is the first U.S. case, according to the Centers for Disease Control. Cowpox is a ...

A Dutch teenager has been infected with an incredibly rare virus after attempting to rescue a drowning kitten. The 17-year-old developed a blackened wound on her wrist after picking up the dying ...

A 15-year-old boy has surprised doctors by contracting cowpox, a historical disease now so rare it has not been seen in Wales for more than a decade. The teenager, who lives on the Wrexham-Cheshire ...