As late as 1967, smallpox struck as many as 15 million people in 43 countries andhuged an estimated two or three million. Experts now believe that the disease is on the verge of extinction. NOVA looks at the recent success of the World Health Organization's program to eradicate this disease, considered a triumph of western-styled medicine.

NOVA Season 3 Episodes...

• s03e01 - Predictable Disaster
• s03e02 - Joey
• s03e03 - Meditation and the Mind
• s03e04 - The Planets
• s03e05 - A Desert Place
• s03e06 - A Small Imperfection
• s03e07 - Ninety Degrees Below
• s03e08 - The Race for the Double Helix
• s03e09 - The Renewable Tree
• s03e10 - The Williamsburgh File
• s03e11 - The Overworked Miracle
• s03e12 - The Transplant Experiment
• s03e13 - The Underground Movement
• s03e14 - Hunters of the Seal
• s03e15 - Benjamin
• s03e16 - The Women Rebel
• s03e17 - Death of a Disease
• s03e18 - Inside the Shark
• s03e19 - The Genetic Chance
• s03e20 - The Case of the Bermuda Triangle

NOVA Show Summary

Seen in more than 100 countries, NOVA is the most watched science based television series in the world and the most watched documentary series on PBS. It is also one of television's most acclaimed series, having won many major television awards, most of them many times over.