The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” The words are Ecclesiastes 1:9 – among my ...

Folke Henschen, the author of The History and Geography of Disease, once said, “human history is also the history of diseases.” In human history, smallpox, plague, cholera, leprosy, tuberculosis, ...

Because many of the infectious agents considered likely to be used in a bioterrorist attack (e.g., smallpox, plague, anthrax, tularemia, and brucellosis, among others) initially produce ...

smallpox, plague (bubonic, pneumonic or septicemic), parrot fever. In addition to those diseases, in which the Government has special interest, New York City will prevent radio pratique if a ship ...

Back in ancient times, the world of medicine was filled with odd remedies and strange cures that claimed to tackle […] ...

Our Town Columnist and historian Brian Keller also revisits the increasing use of school buses and new limitations to city trash pickup.

The Directorate of Veterinary Medicine in the Prefecture of Heraklion has introduced preventive measures to curb the potential spread of sheep pox following a suspected case in the Municipality of ...

speaking of a more resistant than the plague, zoonosis. “We must protect the livestock of Crete because it is a dynamic economy for our region,” he commented.

Originally published in the Mercury's sister publication The Stranger, as part of its Love & Sex Issue.] On July 3, 1981, the ...