[ad_1] Most of us are no longer receiving the smallpox vaccine, which means that we would be vulnerable to a bioterrorist attack using the virus. REUTERS / Havakuk Levison On any list …
Read More »FDA Approves Smallpox Medication Nearly 40 Years After Eradication of Disease – Here's Why – National
[ad_1] The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently approved a smallpox drug – a disease that was eradicated nearly 40 years ago. On July 13, the agency announced that she was approving …
Read More »Why the FDA has just approved a drug for smallpox, a disease that no longer exists
[ad_1] In 1980, the World Health Organization declared the world free of smallpox, three years after the last known case of contagious and often fatal disease. Yet on Friday, the US Food …
Read More »FDA approves first drug to treat smallpox, in case of terrorist attack
[ad_1] U.S. The regulators on Friday approved the first treatment of smallpox – a deadly disease that was wiped out four decades ago – in case the virus was used in a …
Read More »US approves new drug to treat smallpox to counter the risk of bioterrorism – Xinhua
[ad_1] LOS ANGELES, July 15 (Xinhua) – The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the new drug tecovirimat to treat smallpox, the first drug against the deadly disease since a …
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