When you think of the deadliest disaster in human history, your mind might jump to wars, earthquakes, or volcanic eruptions. But nothing in recorded history has killed more people in such a short time than a microscopic enemy that swept across the globe in 1918. The Spanish flu pandemic didn’t just claim lives—it rewrote the ...
An HIV diagnosis was thought of as a death sentence for decades. Millions of people living with the virus lead long, healthy lives today thanks to revolutionary medical advances. One still unresolved issue is whether HIV/AIDS can ever be totally cured. The response is more hopeful and complicated than you would think. Although ART can ...
The plague has tormented mankind like a shadow for millennia, wiping off whole populations in waves of destruction. Up to half of the population in Europe in the 14th century, the Black Death alone claimed an estimated 25 million lives. Still, the bacterium causing the epidemic, Yersinia pestis, never really disappeared despite its terrible toll. ...
