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British vial of smallpox scabs triggered the devastating 1789 outbreak among Indigenous Australians
It's long been debated what started the devastating 1789 smallpox outbreak among Indigenous Australians. Now, a new modeling ...
With 10 cases in 2025, Guinea worm could be the second disease ever eradicated. Here is what makes disease eradication ...
Two new studies find that British colonists arriving via ship in the late 18th century likely introduced smallpox, which ...
We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and may be distressing. In April 1789, the first smallpox ...
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British First Fleet likely brought smallpox to Australia and the actual toll may have been millions
On a hot January day in 1788, 11 British ships commanded by Arthur Philip sailed into Sydney Harbor carrying convicts, ...
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From smallpox eradication to COVID vaccines, explore the most significant vaccine breakthroughs in the U.S. over 250 years of fighting disease.
Scientists have discovered extinct strains of smallpox in the teeth of Viking skeletons—proving for the first time that the killer disease plagued humanity for at least 1400 years. Smallpox spread ...
It's long been debated what started the devastating 1789 smallpox outbreak among Indigenous Australians. Now, a new modeling ...
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