The idea is biologically plausible and historically grounded — and it reframes how we think about the origin of pandemics.

We cannot say for certain that that happened in 1918 in Haskell County, but we do know that an influenza outbreak struck in January, an outbreak so severe that, although influenza was not then a ...

"The operation was a success but the patient died" is an old trope in medicine. Similarly, epidemics and pandemics can be ...

Katherine Anne Porter published Ship of Fools, her first and last novel that put the uprooted Texan on easy street.

With the gold price expected to be stronger for longer, hopes are high that South Africa’s five main remaining gold mining ...

National Hospital Week, May 11-17, is an opportunity to spotlight our hospitals, health systems and health care workers and their dedication to providing care.

At her third appearance, on July 13, Lucia was shown the secret of Fátima. She reportedly turned pale and cried out with fear ...

The Seattle Star, on a crowded front page of its Saturday, Jan. 1, 1910, edition, reported that one Charles W. Peterson had ...

Brazil, the world's largest chicken exporter, on Friday reported its first case of highly pathogenic avian influenza - also ...