Two 500-year-old mummies confirm Europeans brought smallpox to the Americas: ‘It came from the Old World’
The oldest virus samples found on American soil had already fully adapted to humans
Horden: portraits of family, death, and dreams in an English mining town
Marc Bassets / Ed Alcock|
Touching on daydreaming, field research and an oppressive family reality, artist Ed Alcock used photos, drawings and documents to reconstruct the story of his great-uncle Kendon and life in Horden, a mining town in the north of England nestled in one of the poorest areas of Europe
Munchausen Syndrome: Can imaginary illnesses become real?
Patients with this disorder use a strange way to ask for attention: they pretend to be sick
Tuberculosis cases on the rise in the US: How to protect yourself and everything you need to know
Currently, several states have outbreaks. In Kansas City, where cases have increased 148%, two deaths have been reported
High blood pressure medication for adults also helps children with butterfly skin
New research reveals the potential of drugs that have been on the market for decades to treat diseases other than those for which they were approved
Man buries nephew alive in an act of witchcraft in Peruvian jungle
The 11-year-old Indigenous boy was rescued by a peasant patrol. His relative blamed him for his grandmother’s death and interred him next to her body
What is known about the tuberculosis cases in migrant shelters in Chicago
The authorities have warned of ‘a small number’ of people who have been diagnosed with this respiratory illness
In Moldova, women are leading the battle against tuberculosis
The number of patients in this small country who suffer from the infectious disease exceeds 2,000 a year, proportionally seven times more than the European average
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