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August 10, 20252 min readDid Disease Defeat Napoleon?Napoleon’s campaign against the Russian Empire was one of the most costly wars in history. Many soldiers died of…

What Is the Legionnaires’ Disease Outbreak That Has Killed Two People in New York City?Fifty-eight people have been infected—and two have died—in a New York City…

Mysterious Illness Decimating Sea Stars Finally IdentifiedA devastating bacterium has decimated populations of sunflower sea stars, predators that play a crucial role in their environmentBy Andrea…

Two people have died and at least 58 have been sickened amid an outbreak of legionnaires’ disease in the Harlem area of New York City, according…

A decade after the onset of a sea star wasting disease (SSWD) epidemic considered the largest ever documented in the wild, researchers have identified the microbial…

Justin Timberlake has said he is suffering from Lyme disease, a serious illness usually contracted after being bitten by a tick and that has seen an…

I’d done everything you’re supposed to do to avoid a tick bite: Tucked permethrin-impregnated pants into permethrin-impregnated socks. Sprayed picaridin on my boots. Once indoors, I…

Yvonne Hughes was 19, and attending the funeral of a friend with cystic fibrosis, when she realised: “Oh shit, I’m going to die of this.” She…

When I had my 20-week scan, Lily had a strange heartbeat. It would beat and then stop and then start beating again. The sonographer had never…