Smallpox used to kill millions of people every year. Here’s how humans beat it

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Smallpox used to kill millions of people every year. Here’s how humans beat it

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A smallpox vaccination center in Bihar, India, in 1974. | Santosh Basak/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images
More than a million Americans have died of Covid-19, while the global death toll stands at over 15 million. It has been a horrifying and largely unnecessary tragedy, one that risks…

This story appeared on vox.com, 2025-05-08 10:30:00.