The Summit School has served the Austin area for 150 years. A one-room log cabin in 1875, it has grown and moved several ...

Health authorities in southern Spain are warning of the detection of mosquitoes carrying a deadly virus in two neighbourhoods ...

U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr’s newly appointed Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) upheld ...

Deadly viruses throughout history From the Ebola to COVID-19, diseases caused by viruses have killed humans throughout history. Viruses are much older than human beings, possibly even older than ...

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately. Young, old, sick and otherwise-healthy people all became infected ...

What is the origin of the United States national anthem? The anthem, whose name refers to the flag that was waving over Fort McHenry in Baltimore after an intense battle against the British, was ...

Singer Nezza made headlines for singing the National Anthem in Spanish at a Los Angeles Dodgers game last weekend. Some criticized her for politicizing the song, but the Spanish version has a ...

Published Versions Karen Clay & Joshua Lewis & Edson Severnini, 2018. "Pollution, Infectious Disease, and Mortality: Evidence from the 1918 Spanish Influenza Pandemic," The Journal of Economic History ...

Mortality and economic contraction during the 1918-1920 Great Influenza Pandemic provide plausible upper bounds for outcomes under the coronavirus (COVID-19). Data for 48 countries imply flu-related ...