When most of us think of serious diseases that kill millions of people, the ones that come to mind are often the ones that get the most attention: cancer, COVID-19, heart disease and diabetes. But a ...

Humans have been getting infected by ancient bacteria and viruses for at least 37,000 years. Now, for the first time, pathogen DNA has uncovered a pivotal disease "turning point" that happened 6,500 ...

Russell has a PhD in the history of medicine, violence, and colonialism. His research has explored topics including ethics, science governance, and medical involvement in violent contexts. Russell has ...

When imagining what archaeologists find during excavations of ancient human remains, we might think only of bones - dry, silent, and skeletal clues to our past. But under ideal conditions, internal ...

The Black Death was one of the most infamous pandemic events in history. It spread across Asia and Europe, decimating a third of the continent’s population during the Middle Ages. The cause was plague ...

Tuberculosis is one of the oldest diseases in human history – and it still kills more than a million people every year. In a new book, The Fault... In 'Everything Is Tuberculosis,' John Green turns ...