...world of naturally occurring smallpox in 1977, after which the vaccine fell out of production. But a few vials of smallpox viruses were saved in the United States and the Soviet Union. Some experts fear that small amounts of the highly infectious...

...Russia and France -- probably possess samples of the smallpox virus, a U.S. official said. Al-Qaida is also believed...Many experts suspected North Korea had samples of the smallpox virus. A Russian intelligence report made public in 1993...

...biological weapons. The sad truth is we are woefully unprepared to fight against a terrorist attack using anthrax or smallpox viruses. These weapons are relatively inexpensive, difficult to detect and dangerously destructive. Dr. Mike Osterholm...

...that they've found one in the smallpox virus in an enzyme the virus needs to...won't be experimenting with the smallpox virus itself, which is kept under strict...against a milder cousin of the smallpox virus, known as vaccinia, which is...

...with passports. In November, the Washington Post reported that France possessed prohibited strains of the human smallpox virus. Left unstated, bien sur, was that perhaps some stocks were being kept in reserve for a new, killer cheese whose...