Oregon’s then-Governor Kate Brown and then-Director of the Oregon Health Authority Patrick Allen imposed the State’s mandate by administrative order, and PeaceHealth would have violated those orders ...

Bridge repair will begin next week on a major highway near Galena. The Illinois Department of Transportation announced that, weather permitting, repairs will begin Monday, July 20, on a bridge ...

Dr. Erica Schwartz has the skills for the job running the CDC, doctors say. They just hope she'll be allowed to do it.

The Inca Empire rose around 1200 C.E., and over the next 300 years, its leaders continually expanded its bounds. By the 16th century, it was the largest empire in the world — but then the Spanish ...

Data show clade IIb from 2022 outbreak is 100 to 100,000-fold less virulent than clade IIa from 2003 outbreak Three new models for investigating ...

New mathematical modelling shows the first smallpox epidemic among Aboriginal people in the Sydney region may have spread ...

Two new studies find that British colonists arriving via ship in the late 18th century likely introduced smallpox, which ...

A new list ranked 10 "irreplaceable" spots that have shaped U.S. history. The whole city of New Orleans made the cut.

Researchers say British colonization of Australia may have killed millions after smallpox arrived with the First Fleet ...

As Aboriginal nations mounted a series of coordinated and strategic campaigns to defend Country against invading settlers, the smallpox epidemic spread across the southeast from 1830 to 1832. It ...

Deep into the night on Jan. 26, 1774, a boat of angry fishermen pushed off from the craggy point of Marblehead under a waxing gibbous moon. At some point on their brief journey, they began to discern ...

The following is an installment of “On This Day,” a series celebrating America’s 250th anniversary by following the actions of Gen. George Washington, the Continental Congress, and the men and women ...