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A two-pronged needle, a glass vial of smallpox vaccine, and a syringe sit on a blue surface.

Smallpox Vaccine Recruits Skin Bacteria to Fight Disease

In one of the only known photos of Abraham Lincoln taken on the day of the Gettysburg Address, Lincoln can be seen seated, hatless, just below and to the right of the flag. Lincoln began developing symptoms of smallpox on the train home to Washington, DC.

Presidential Pox, 1863

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Texas Monkeypox Case Underscores Need for Better Surveillance

Introducing Inoculation, 1721

Epidemiologist Who Helped Eradicate Smallpox Dies

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Bovine Inoculations, circa 1870s

Smallpox Kerfuffle Reveals Biosecurity Problems

CDC Lab Resumes After Safety Lapses

CDC Halts Hazardous Biomaterial Transfers

Smallpox Vials Found in FDA Storage

Researchers: Don’t Destroy Smallpox Virus Yet

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Pox Vaccine Treats Liver Cancer

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A Scar Nobly Got

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Book excerpt from Pox: An American History

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WHO punts on smallpox

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Dramatic rise in monkeypox

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Biomedical Informatician Atul Butte Dies at 55

An illustration showing the accumulation of amyloid plaques between nerve cells, which is the underlying cause of disorders like Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease.

A Gut Pathogen’s Unexpected Weapon Against Amyloid Diseases

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Universe 25 Experiment

A group of newborn mice with their mother.

Maternal Iron Deficiency Can Trigger Sex Reversal in Mouse Embryos

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Taking Control of Cellular Contamination with PCR Testing

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Electronic Records in Cell Culture Management

Image of small blue creatures called Nergals. Some have hearts above their heads, which signify friendship. There is one Nergal who is sneezing and losing health, which is denoted by minus one signs floating around it.
June 2025, Issue 1

Nergal Networks: Where Friendship Meets Infection

A citizen science game explores how social choices and networks can influence how an illness moves through a population.

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Maximizing Lentivirus Recovery

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Unraveling Complex Biology with Advanced Multiomics Technology

Unraveling Complex Biology with Five-Dimensional Multiomics

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Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

Resurrecting Plant Defense Mechanisms to Avoid Crop Pathogens

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Seeing and Sorting with Confidence

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Agilent Unveils the Next Generation in LC-Mass Detection: The InfinityLab Pro iQ Series

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Agilent Announces the Enhanced 8850 Gas Chromatograph

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