1978 smallpox outbreak in the United Kingdom
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In 1978, an outbreak of smallpox in the United Kingdom resulted in the death of Janet Parker, a British medical photographer, who became the last recorded person to die from the disease. Her illness and death, which was connected to the deaths of two other people, led to the Shooter Inquiry, an official investigation by government-appointed experts triggering radical changes in how dangerous pathogens were studied in the UK and named after the panel's leader.
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