Weekender - Smallpox: How the Disease Met Its Match

Germs make news. These days it’s the H1N1 virus. Years ago it was smallpox. Finally stamping it out once seemed impossible.

Alyne tells us about Dr. D. A. Henderson, a man who helped rid the world of this dreaded virus. He’s written a book about it called "Smallpox: The Death Of A Disease."

Listen to find out where the final two specimens of smallpox are kept under lock and key.