Do you know that during the Black Death, which was one of the worst pandemics in history, some people believed that the disease was caused by "bad air" or "miasma?" This belief led to the use of ...

Epidemics and pandemics are two of the worst tragedies in the history of humankind, killing millions and transforming whole civilizations. Though medicine and epidemiology have made great strides in ...

It's funny how a truly sucky year can make you realize how much we take for granted. 2020 really took the cake as the toughest year many of us have ever seen. It threw everything at us: deadly ...

Plague, and the infamous Black Death, spread quickly for centuries, killing millions. Plague still occurs but can be treated ...

We were unable to process your request. Please try again later. If you continue to have this issue please contact [email protected]. The 1918 influenza pandemic is one of the deadliest in ...

Scientists have discovered how adaptations in a single gene helped the plague survive for hundreds of years. Responsible for the deadliest pandemic in history, the bacterium that causes the plague, ...

Scientists in Switzerland have cracked open a century-old viral mystery by decoding the genome of the 1918 influenza virus from a preserved Zurich patient. This ancient RNA revealed that the virus had ...

As the U.S. surpass 675,000 COVID-19 deaths, we look back at the 1918 pandemic. Editors note: Some of the images below are animations showing two images and may take longer to load. There are strong ...

Recently, you’ve probably headed to your local grocery store to buy a few essentials, only to find that you have to wait in line for minutes or even hours. Today, this is a common occurrence ...

WASHINGTON (TNND) — President Donald Trump is now re-litigating the record and response to one of the deadliest pandemics in history. On one hand, he praises his own effort to help create vaccines at ...