It causes a significant skin rash and fever ... bears (just as virtually all others in her age range). The smallpox vaccine caused scars due to the body’s healing process.

The name variola comes from the Latin word for “spotted” and refers to the raised bumps that appear on the face and body ... people die from smallpox infection. People who recover from the infection ...

(You can see tell-tale signs that some older adults had a smallpox vaccine, because they have characteristic scars on their arms.) While the eradication of smallpox through vaccination has saved ...