Readings on the history of quarantine, contagious disease, viruses, infections, and epidemics offer important context for the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.

Johns Hopkins epidemiologist and infectious disease expert Jennifer Nuzzo on why vaccines aren’t the answer, how COVID-19 is unique, and how to stay safe.

Because we share many of the same cell types with our pets, they develop some of the same cancers. Comparative oncologists study these parallels.

Have people gone mad? How can one individual be overfilling their own cart, while shaming others who are doing the same?

From the fields of ancient Egypt to the present-day American Pacific Northwest, the history of mint goes beyond the search for fresh breath.

Phylum away for safekeeping, and have fauna!

A pamphlet published in 1840 advocates a four-pronged approach to public healthcare that sounds remarkably like our own.

The American bison isn't extinct. But could it ever roam freely across North America, as it once did? Some scholars say it could happen.

Angélique Marguerite Le Boursier du Coudray revolutionized childbirth in France through education, building a detailed birthing mannequin.

On the eve of its 6th polio-free anniversary, India immunizes over 170 million children, despite a lack of roads, reinfection threats, and a periodic mistrust of vaccines.