Dr. William Foege, a leader in the global eradication of smallpox, has died. He was 89. Foege was director of the U.S.

A leader in the global fight against smallpox and a champion of vaccine science, William Foege died last Saturday ...

William Foege was called 'one of the best people I've ever met' by a friend and was credited with saving millions of lives by ...

His containment strategy helped wipe out the disease in the 1970s, one of the world’s greatest public health triumphs. He ...

H. Foege, a former CDC director who helped eradicate smallpox and whose health work saved millions of lives, died Saturday in ...

Foege also led efforts to end polio, and said in 2013 that the project was close to success. That victory, though, may be ...

William Foege, who has died aged 89, was the epidemiologist responsible for devising a successful vaccination strategy in the ...

Dr William H. Foege, a legend in global public health, passed away on 24 January 2026. His life and legacy offer several ...

William (Bill) Foege, credited by many for shepherding the smallpox eradication effort to completion, died Saturday at the ...

As a young CDC doctor, Dr. Foege devised the vaccination strategy that led to the global eradication of smallpox - one of the ...

Friends and family are mourning the loss of a giant in the field of public health. Dr. William Foege, co-founder of the Atlanta-based Task Force for Global Health is credited with spearheading the ...

William Foege, the physician whose vaccination strategy became central to eliminating smallpox worldwide—one of history's ...