A month after adopting Jennifer, she looked up at me with wide eyes and whispered, “Mommy, don’t trust Daddy.” Her words echoed in my mind as I began to wonder what secrets my husband could be hiding. I looked down at Jennifer’s small face, taking in those big, watchful eyes […]

Smallpox, a deadly virus causing severe fever and skin rashes, claimed the lives of 3 in 10 people by the early 20th century. Survivors were often left with permanent scars. The variola virus caused smallpox, but a vaccine using a related but safer virus, vaccinia, was developed. This vaccine stimulated […]