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 ...

Scholars believe a language used 5,000 years ago on the Asian steppe was the source of many of the world’s modern tongues.

In Matthew 25:31-46, Jesus describes his second coming in glory. He goes on to describe how his followers might then be ...

Addressing the threat of bird flu requires a coordinated global effort. Experts recommend strengthening surveillance systems to detect outbreaks early, improving vaccine development, and ensuring ...

Francis Collins, who served as director until 2021, wasn’t shy about pushing through the NIH’s neuroscience-focused BRAIN ...

There is little population immunity to these novel strains, and this was what led to the devastating worldwide influenza pandemic in 1918 and less ... The current measles outbreak demonstrates ...

The Zika virus epidemic, which started in 2015 ... prompted record-breaking breakthrough in vaccine science and pandemic preparation. The 1918-1920 Spanish Flu pandemic was the deadliest to have ...

The Covid-19 pandemic caused by Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2(SARS-CoV-2) stands as the fastest-spreading and most extensive global health crisis that humanity has faced in a century ...