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

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 ...

Iran’s rulers have managed to contain a wave of protest for now. But the nature of the unrest and the state’s lethal response ...

A Brookings Institution scholar, he advised presidents and wrote books on the media (assessing reporters in one) and ...

On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after the presidency had passed from ...

On Jan. 20, 1981, Iran released 52 Americans it had held hostage for 444 days, minutes after Ronald Reagan was sworn in as ...

Find out about the main events that have taken place on this day over the years.

We’ve just finished a year marked by political violence and we’re just starting a year of important elections during which ...

Christie's is auctioning some items from a collection owned by the late former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn.

WILLIAMSBURG, VA - JULY 28: John Hinckley Jr. poses for a portrait in a park next to the Williamsburg Regional Library on ...

In 1979, photographer Richard Avedon packed up his antiquated Deardorff camera, jumped in a Chevy Suburban and drove across ...