The 19th century discovery that microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses caused disease had a profound impact on child-rearing and other aspects of American life -- and not always in a good way.
It was 1976, and President Gerald Ford was racing to come up with a vaccine for a new strain of swine flu. Chaos ensued.
Defiant and drug addled, the “Fuhrer” shot himself with his poisoned wife at his side.
Pope Pius XII, accused of silence during the Holocaust, knew Jews were being killed, researcher says
In newly opened Vatican archives, German researchers discovered damning documents that reveal what the pontiff knew about the Nazis.
Coronavirus has created a grim new reality at the nation’s largest mass grave.
Joseph McCoy was lynched by a mob on an Alexandria street corner in 1897. On Thursday, 123 years later, Alexandria held a virtual remembrance and vowed not to forget.
Quinine goes back to ancient Peruvians. Now a similar drug is on the lips of the President. Once known as “Dr. Sappington’s fever cure,” Trump hopes it will work on Covid-19.
Opponents charged that the United States would wind up paying a disproportionate share of the WHO’s budget and suspected the Soviet Union's involvement in the organization
She was the daughter of the first Jewish Supreme Court justice. He was the son of a prominent Christian theologian. Together, during the Great Depression, they changed America.
Gaffney was one of a handful of journalists who chronicled the violence endured by the Freedom Riders as they challenged segregation in the South.
