At the time of the American Revolution, smallpox posed one of the most significant health threats to the citizens of the 13 colonies. The highly communicable virus had already become common in the ...

If President Joe Biden ordering U.S. military service members be vaccinated against COVID-19 sounds un-American, it's not without precedent. Gen. George Washington — later the first president of the ...

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In 1776, George Washington was facing a serious obstacle in his quest to defeat British colonial forces in America. Smallpox was crippling his army. In fact, an outbreak the prior year had probably ...

George Washington had a problem in the winter of 1777. Smallpox was devastating the already undermanned Continental Army, and much-needed new recruits were being quarantined for a month as a ...

The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women ...

In the Revolutionary War, more American troops died of disease than in combat. But the injured faced gruesome surgeries with ...