The observation that milkmaids are frequently infected with cowpox but rarely catch smallpox is generally credited to the English doctor Edward Jenner. Although Jenner might not have been the first ...

There have been virtually no studies of 'who acquires infection from whom' in wildlife populations, but patterns of transmission within and between different classes of host are likely to be reflected ...

A U.K. woman developed a severe eye infection thanks to a rare virus — cowpox, a cousin of smallpox, which she contracted from her pet cat. The 28-year-old woman went to the emergency room after she ...

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 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 ...

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) ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...