The Roman sewer, the Cloaca Maxima, was presided over by a goddess whose shrine stood near the Forum.

In 1906, physician Richard Strong's already-unethical vaccine experiment went horribly wrong. Then it was swept under the rug.

Vienna's baroque Plague Column, completed in 1693, gave thanks for the survival of a city.

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.

He's hailed as the "father of infection control" and the "savior of mothers," but the truth about Ignaz Semmelweis is more complicated than that.

Trying to bring down that fever? Studies show that most fevers are actually integral to effective immune responses.

The 15th and 16th epidemics of English sweating sIckness still fascinate historians and epidemiologists. 

A surprising examination of how armadillos spread leprosy.

While science is clear that vaccines are safe and effective, it is silent on whether or not mandating compulsory vaccination is the right thing to do.

The news of a recent outbreak at Disneyland in California brought measles back into the public view.