A woman lost a body part after contracting a disease that caused a medieval plague. The 24-year-old began experiencing strong burning sensations coming from both of her legs, running from the middle ...

The medieval period was one of social upheaval, and there is a list of villages, once part of local landscapes across the ...

"It seems that we are really close to the origin of the bacteria." A Stone Age hunter-gatherer who lived in present-day ...

Learn more about the Black women who worked tirelessly to help heal patients and find a cure for tuberculosis.

On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...

Alarmed by the color and frequency of the blood in her stool, Mahon was referred to a GI doctor who initially thought she had an autoimmune disease. “Once I got the colonoscopy, she told me that she ...

COPD is a progressive lung disease with mild symptoms in the early stages that gradually worsen. Early diagnosis and treatment can help preserve lung function. People with COPD often have trouble ...

The three phases of schizophrenia are the prodromal, active, and residual phases. Symptoms of schizophrenia can depend on the phase. Early symptoms of schizophrenia may be similar to other conditions.

When you ingest methanol and your body processes it, it turns into formic acid, which can cause serious symptoms including vision problems, permanent damage to your central nervous system ...

When you ingest methanol and your body processes it, it turns into formic acid, which can cause serious symptoms including vision problems, permanent damage to your central nervous system, or, in ...

The number of Black people living in the United States reached a new high of 48.3 million in 2023. That’s up a third (33%) since 2000, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of government data.