US, Russia Fighting to Keep Smallpox

Smallpox was once one of the deadliest diseases ever known, but now only the US and Russia stand between it and utter annihilation. The two countries have the last known stocks of the virus, which was eradicated by vaccination more than 30 years ago, and they’re resisting efforts to set…

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US, Russia Fighting to Keep Smallpox

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