Until now, there had been no direct genetic evidence linking colonial-era outbreaks in the Americas to strains circulating in ...

Researchers have recovered the first smallpox virus genomes ever identified in the Americas, providing evidence it was ...

Learn how centuries-old DNA linked an extinct virus to European colonization and its spread through an Indigenous community ...

Historians have long speculated that Europeans introduced smallpox to the Americas, which then killed hundreds of millions of ...

Scientists recovered ancient smallpox DNA from two Indigenous mummies in Chile, providing the first genetic evidence that the ...

Ancient DNA from Inca mummies is the first genetic proof that European colonists brought smallpox to the Americas. The post ...

In an incredible display of endurance, Bartłomiej Kubkowski undertook a monumental 160-kilometer swim from Sweden to Poland ...

Researchers from Trinity College Dublin have recovered and analyzed the first ancient smallpox virus genomes ever identified ...

Scientists have found smallpox viruses in the remains of people in Chile from around 500 years ago, revealing how the virus ...

Often called the Speckled monster, Smallpox was one of the most terrifying diseases known to humanity. In 18th-century Europe alone, the disease killed an estimated 400,000 people every year, with a ...

According to a study published today in the journal Science, a team at Trinity College Dublin has identified the oldest viral ...