Despite the eradication of naturally occurring smallpox in 1977, stores of the virus have been maintained in laboratories in the United States and Russia. It is feared that certain rogue states ...

The most common examples are scars from tuberculosis (BCG) or smallpox vaccinations, which were prevalent decades ago. The tuberculosis vaccine is typically administered via intradermal injection ...

"In school I hated social studies and I remember hearing about small pox, but I didn't clue in that it was in our back yard. So when I started to hear about that and to start putting the numbers ...

In his homily, Archbishop J. Michael Miller remarked on God’s healing power, which became visible at Kateri’s death, when all of her smallpox scars disappeared. “Minutes after her death, something ...

Elementary particles were created. And, eventually, the cosmic flash dance left behind scars in the fabric of space-time. Physicists call them cosmic strings. Like stretch marks left on skin that ...

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At first, she was mystified by the reluctance of the locals to mix with strangers, but when it was explained that this went back to the 1730s, when smallpox wiped out all but six of the population ...

Once the fires are out, landslides from burn scars will be a big concern when rain returns to Southern California and could be an issue for years to come. Post-fire debris flows are particularly ...

Laser treatment has emerged as a leading option for removing scars. Lasers direct heat at small areas of scar tissue, decreasing blood supply and destroying the irregular tissue. This procedure is ...

In the 1950s, around 20 Inuit children, aged between five and nine, from various villages in Greenland were taken from their families and sent to Copenhagen to learn Danish. The goal was not only to ...