EditorialImages of stamps that were released to celebrate the eradication of smallpox, on display at Dr. Edward Jenner's House, Museum and Garden in Berkeley, England, March 9, 2021. (Mary Turner/The New York Times)
EditorialDr. J. Michael Lane, right, in 1980, when he was director of the Centers for Disease Control’s global smallpox eradication program, with two former directors of the program, Dr. J. Donald Millar, left, and Dr. William H. Foege. (Centers for Disease Control via The New York Times)