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...disease dates back to 1350 BC, and since then, hundreds of millions of people - old, young, rich and poor - have died or been blinded or disfigured by the smallpox virus. This story was supposed to have a happy ending: On May 8, 1980, nearly 200 years after Edward Jenner first inoculated a patient against smallpox, the 33rd Assembly of the World Health Organization (WHO) formally announced the eradication of the disease. Sixteen years later, the World Health Assembly recommended that the last smallpox stocks (thought to be held at the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta and the Institute...
Berkowitz and his lawyer, David A. Handzo of the firm Jenner & Block, declined to comment on the case...
...good faith with other countries? Imagine our righteous anger if the North Koreans violated the 38th parallel. As usual, those who have the power to do darn well what they want will do so without regard to technicalities like the law. So much for moral leadership. JILL LIPPITT Jenner, Calif...