Latest posts tagged with #smallpox on Bluesky
The #FirstNations people of #BritishColumbia suffered a horrific #smallpox epidemic beginning in 1862 on #ThisDayInHistory when the 1851-built US #PaddleSteamer #BrotherJonathan arrived in Victoria from San Francisco. An estimated 2/3 of the Indigenous population was wiped out.
#BioTerrorAgents #Anthrax #Botulism #Plague #SmallPox #Tularemia #FIFAWorldCup #CommunicableDisease #InfectiousDisease #MedTwitter #NurseTwitter #IDTwitter #InfectionPrevention #HealthCare #HealthcareWorkers #FrontLineWorkers #EssentialWorkers #StaySafe #EmorySCDU
#BiologicalWeapons #Smallpox #Medicine #Russia
Novosibirsk to launch pilot production of smallpox drug
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The Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry of the Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences plans to certify premises for the pilot production ...
Today, Feb 24, our #Catholic & #Christian Friends are celebrating the Feast Day of #Saint #Matthias (patron #alcoholism, #carpenters, #smallpox, and #tailors )
( anastpaul.com/2022/02/24/s... )
Painting:
Martyrdom of Saint Matthias,
1435 (Oil on Canvas),
by #StefanLochner
#SmallpoxSunday @LadyWortleyMontagu promoted #Vaccination in Britain saving millions of lives and eventually the elimination of #smallpox. Her #memorial in entrance to @LichfieldCathedral
#Biden #Cold War #disease #Executive #Joe Biden #power #smallpox #Surveillance #The Who #Trump #CovFEVE - SHUT UP, PIGGY 🐷 ⛬ #UK #USSR #war #World Health Organization
#mglit #bookreview REBELLION 1776 is at YABC!
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#1776 #historicalfiction #smallpox #epidemic #RevolutionaryWar
Sometimes I'm like, why am I even bothering to try to improve my #health parameters that I can control, preventing #diabetes and #heartdisease, because if #smallpox comes back (or even a more virulent #birdflu), I'll be dead within 48 hours of my last #clinical shift in the #hospital.
#Mpox transmission model sheds light on a medical mystery ...
| #monkeypox | #viruses | #smallpox | #inhalation | By @sdstate.bsky.social via @sciencex.bsky.social
from Hudson Review 2021. Bart Casey. The Jab. #smallpox #vaccination hudsonreview.com/2021/07/the-...
Convicted FELON, adjudicated sex offender and alleged #Russian asset, donald #trump is the Smallpox of our generation.
And thanks to #RobertFKennedyJr., #Smallpox will be appearing in emergency departments shortly, just after his #Measles epidemic that the religious nuts are thirsty for these days.
History tends to remember the monsters. But this dude is instrumental in stopping a disease #Smallpox that killed between 250-500 MILLION people throughout history. William Foege passed away recently and should be remembered.
#PublicHealth #EmergingDisease #Smallpox #Preparedness
Return of the pox: How smallpox eradication cleared the way for new threats
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“Before smallpox was eliminated, people were frequently exposed to the virus and there were mass vaccination campaigns ...
"William Foege helped give us a world without #smallpox. We're marking his death by letting #measles come back."
Date: Feb 3, 2026
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#Smallpox #Vaccination #Nigeria #Obituary
In Memoriam: William Foege and the Nigerian experiment that helped end smallpox
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William H. Foege, who died on January 24 at the age of 89, was not yet a giant of public health when he arrived in northern Nigeria. He ...
Just discovered that Bill Foege's speeches have been published #OpenAccess by Hopkins Press: muse.jhu.edu/resource/7 #smallpox #histmed
#PublicHealth #Smallpox #Eradication #Vaccination #India #NuclearTest #Obituary
Bill Foege’s optimism helped save the world from smallpox
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Then, India detonated its first nuclear device. As reporters streamed in to cover that event, they found ...
What a brutal week as we enter the 2nd year of this administration
1️⃣ 🇺🇸 U.S. withdrawal from #WHO finalized
2️⃣🕊️ 37 year-old ICU nurse #AlexPretti killed
3️⃣ 🌍 New #Nipah outbreak in #India
4️⃣💉 #ACIP chair questioned routine #polio vaccination
5️⃣📉 #BillFoege — who helped eradicate #smallpox passed away
Dr. William Foege, whose pioneering work helped eradicate smallpox, has died at 89, leaving a lasting mark on global public health.
#WilliamFoege #Smallpox #PublicHealth #GlobalHealth #CDC
Public health giant William #Foege, who helped eradicate #smallpox, has died at 89 ...
| #Scientist | #vaccination | #pathogen | By @helenbranswell.bsky.social via @statnews.com
One life to live. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWAY...
#smallpox #williamfoege #rip
ABC Satire on Smallpox Claim Sparks Australia Day Backlash #Australia #BreakingNews #AustraliaDay #CraigKelly #SmallPox
So sad to lose our local (global) hero Bill Foege. #public #health #IDTwitter #smallpox
When we used to believe in infectious disease. #smallpox
William H. Foege Died #Smallpox archive.is/202601250239...
We lost a giant in public health today.
Dr. William H. Foege helped eradicate #smallpox - the only human disease ever eliminated—through science, surveillance, and vaccines.
His legacy is the antidote to today’s antiscience, anti-vaccine rhetoric.
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/24/u...
