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This historic image, from 1974, depicted Dr. Donald A. Henderson, standing in front of a “Smallpox Zero” sign, which was outside the Bangladesh National Smallpox Eradication Program Center, located in the country's capital city of Dhaka. During the 1960s and 70s, Dr. Henderson headed the international effort to eradicate smallpox, and to achieve the “Smallpox Zero” status for all countries throughout the World, a goal which was successfully reached. Image/CDC

Smallpox: ‘You can argue that Henderson may of saved more lives than any other single human being in human history’, Hotez states

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During a recent Outbreak News This Week interview with Blue Marble Health author, Dr. Peter Hotez, I asked the infectious disease expert for his thoughts on the life and accomplishments of the eradicator...

Engraving of Benjamin Rush, M.D., by Richard W. Dodson, after a portrait by Thomas Sully.

A Short History of Yellow Fever in the US

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From 1793 to 1822 yellow fever was one of the most dreaded diseases in the port cities of the United States. Statistically, one can dismiss it as inconsequential in comparison to tuberculosis and smallpox....

Image/Robert Herriman

Diphtheria in the 1890s: What health authorities said

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Diphtheria is a bacterial infection caused by Corynebacterium diphtheriae, transmitted from person to person through close physical and respiratory contact. It can cause infection of the nasopharynx, which...