National Academies report says US not ready for intentional, accidental smallpox outbreak
University of Minnesota http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 With the bungled responses to the COVID-19 pandemic and a recent mpox outbreak still fresh in mind, a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine highlights the United States’ need to fortify its preparedness for a smallpox outbreak. While the World Health Assembly declared the eradication of the highly contagious a nd deadly smallpox virus in 1980, experts remain concerned that the United States wouldn’t