A study found summer food insufficiency rose 4 percentage points among low-income households with children, while first-year Summer EBT participation was low and showed no measurable effect. Federal ...

We’ve all heard of vaccination, but what do you know about variolation? Variolation was a primitive method of immunizing people against smallpox. In a nutshell, people were intentionally infected with ...

As SARS-CoV-2 continues its global spread, it’s possible that one of the pillars of Covid-19 pandemic control — universal facial masking — might help reduce the severity of disease and ensure that a ...

Variolation is an outdated medical technique that was used to protect people from smallpox. Doctors haven’t practiced the technique since the 19th century, though, when it was replaced with a more ...

As scientists develop a COVID-19 vaccine, it’s worth looking back at the popularization of vaccination’s predecessor, variolation. Also known as engrafting, variolation consisted of taking pus from a ...

Gandhi and Rutherford referred to SARS-CoV-2 transmission through small inocula that penetrated masks as variolation. Masks filter droplets containing virus particles and thus could reduce viral ...

In 1796, British doctor Edward Jenner became famous for being the first doctor to use a form of bovine disease called cowpox to inoculate or against smallpox. It was a breakthrough in medical history.