W.H.O. ducks smallpox decision (again)
On 9th December 1979, the W.H.O. officially declared smallpox to be completely eradicated. This was not quite correct, since the United States and Russia, hold the only known stockpiles of the virus in high-security laboratories. Both countries have long resisted calls to destroy them in case smallpox is found to exist elsewhere, and the events of September 11th 2001 did not encourage either country to get on with it and finally rid the world of this scourge.
A dose of the pox: An interactive tutorial that steps you through the discovery & ultimate eradication of smallpox using a series of questions.
