In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately. Young, old, sick and otherwise-healthy people all became infected — at ...

The COVID-19 pandemic has provided researchers with a wealth of information on contemporary successes and failures in ...

It is evolutionarily certain that we will have more outbreaks, more pandemics, and frankly, they could be significantly worse than Covid,” says global health expert Seth Berkley.

Princeton professors and political opposites, Cornel West and Robert George, talk about disagreeing agreeably: A Star ...

One of the standout features of this 1800s home is the cellar beneath the kitchen, accessible via a glass floor.

History often feels like a series of random events strung together, but if you look closely, you’ll see unmistakable patterns repeating over time. Empires rise and fall, societies innovate and regress ...

Since 1888, the Hebrew Free Burial Association has ensured that in the city that never sleeps, the poor and huddled masses ...

Lady Bluebeard, The Black Widow, Flypaper Lyda – however you refer to Lyda Southard, she will forever be known as Idaho's ...

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