Courtesy Story | Defense Threat Reduction Agency's Chemical and Biological Technologies Department | 02.16.2018
The last case of smallpox in the United States was reported more than 65 years ago, and in 1977 the disease was eradicated due to the development of a vaccine. Vaccinations such as this are critical to protecting our warfighters and the public from biological threats, but many threats still lack countermeasures. Melioidosis, a Centers for Disease Control category B agent, claimed 89,000 lives......
