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 ...

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.

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, ...

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.

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 ...

As a climate lawyer who spends my days fighting global heating, which has intensified the wildfires ripping through Los Angeles, I was both sad and angry to be fleeing my Altadena home last ...

particularly smallpox, had weakened the region’s inhabitants, who were defenseless against the previously unknown pathogens. Years before, during the seventh century, another dazzling civilization, ...

Netflix's exclusive streaming of NFL matches, including the anticipated Chiefs vs. Steelers game, is off to a disastrous start with significant technical issues even before kickoff. Fans faced ...

World radio premiere of Albert Camus’s classic novel of a town hit by plague and how its residents respond to quarantine. Recorded during UK lockdown with actors self isolating. Show more The ...

Just seven cases have been reported since 2015, when it was first observed by scientists in Fairbanks, Alaska. But what is ...