Every year in the United States, more people die from healthcare-associated infections than from breast cancer, car accidents and AIDS combined. Proper hand cleansing by everyone who comes in contact with a patient can lower the risk of getting a deadly infection.
Smallpox is an infectious disease caused by a virus similar to the one that causes chickenpox. Smallpox was eliminated from the world as a result of widespread vaccination. Read on to learn more about this disease.
