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Mummy DNA exposes gruesome history of a deadly disease brought by colonists that ravaged early Americans - New York Post

Published by New York Post By Ben Cost · 13 August 2026 at 17:35
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Mummy DNA exposes gruesome history of a deadly disease brought by colonists that ravaged early Americans - New York Post
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Defined by scarring pustules that break out over the skin, the virus was one of the deadliest diseases in history before being eradicated in 1980 with the advent of vaccination.

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