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Scientists have discovered extinct strains of smallpox in the teeth of Viking skeletons—proving for the first time that the killer disease plagued humanity for at least 1400 years. Smallpox spread ...

Smallpox was a terrible scourge on humanity, killing hundreds of millions of people over the centuries. But its origin remains obscure. Egyptian mummies from 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, including that ...

Smallpox, the only human infectious disease to have been successfully eradicated, ailed people at least 1,000 years earlier than previously thought. A study of DNA sampled from Viking Age skeletons ...