50th anniversary: A World Health Organization commission of scientists certified the global...
History · Anniversaries · Sun, December 9, 2029
1979: A World Health Organization commission of scientists certified the global eradication of smallpox (virus pictured), making it the only human infectious disease to date to have been completely eradicated.
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