Word: smallpox
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...population of infected but controlled cells would allow the host to develop the immune response necessary to defeat the real virus. Disabled viruses have offered the solution to two of the modern era's most problematic viruses, smallpox and polio...
...model, who is sweet on John Smith, but who nevertheless decides to remain in America with her people, respecting their ways. In real life, Pocahontas converted to Christianity, married English tobacco magnate John Rolf (who doesn't appear in the Disney version), moved to England and died there of smallpox...
Since the 1960s, he has helped the populations of Nigeria, India, Thailand, Zaire and the United States combat communicable disease. Eradicating smallpox and coordinating relief for local populations have been two of his lifelong professional goals...
Some ages are defined by their epidemics. In 1347 rats and fleas stirred up by Tatar traders cutting caravan routes through Central Asia brought bubonic plague to Sicily. In the space of four years, the Black Death killed up to 30 million people. In 1520, Cortes' army carried smallpox to Mexico, wiping out half the native population. In 1918 a particularly virulent strain of flu swept through troops in the trenches of France. By the time it had worked its way through the civilian population, 21 million men, women and children around the world had perished--more than were killed...
...when President Reagan refused even to say "AIDS" in public are past. Perhaps the post-plague years will soon begin and all those quilt panels and ribbons and T shirts will become relics or even flea-market collectibles. There was a debate recently over destroying some last sample of smallpox, contained in a laboratory. I wish I could visit the final AIDS molecule, cornered and shivering in some barren government crypt. No mercy...