Epidemics were a terrible danger in all mining camps. Not only were diseases and their causes not well understood, but miners were careless with their water sources and the streams needed for placer ...

As part of the ongoing typhoid vaccination campaign across Bangladesh, at least 1.7 crore children have been vaccinated as of Wednesday. The campaign is progressing well, although some individuals ...

Hidden in plain sight, North Brother Island sits silent in the East River—its crumbling ruins and overgrown hospitals frozen in time. Once a quarantine site for smallpox and home to “Typhoid Mary,” it ...

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A fire that decimated a cargo complex in Bangladesh’s largest airport has caused devastating losses to garment exporters during the peak export season. The blaze – which ripped through the cargo ...

Genetic analysis has shed new light on one of history's deadliest military disasters — the French retreat from Russia in 1812. https://p.dw.com/p/52WAl An analysis ...

Having high blood pressure is one of the most common lifestyle diseases most people suffer from due to their fast-paced and stressful lives. However, "high blood pressure doesn’t always need fancy ...

Private hospitals have reported an increase in cases of influenza-like illnesses (ILI) nationwide, although it has since begun plateauing. Dr. Jose Rene de Grano, the head of the Private Hospitals ...

Typhoid fever is an infection caused by a strain of bacteria called Salmonella typhii, which is related to the bacteria that causes salmonella food poisoning. The infection can affect the whole body ...

The country launched a nationwide vaccination campaign to protect millions of children from typhoid, a deadly and increasingly drug-resistant disease that poses a growing public health threat. The ...

In the summer of 1812, French Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte led approximately 500,000 soldiers on a campaign to conquer Russia but suffered a devastating defeat. It is widely reported that a significant ...

In Victoria, Season 3, we come to know the clever young Vicky and spirited future King Bertie, but what about the rest of Victoria and Albert’s growing brood? Victoria and Albert had 9 children in ...