Water that comes straight from natural sources, dubbed “raw water,” is gaining popularity. Raw water advocates reject public ...

Two major developments in the mid-1800s showed why impure water is dangerous. First, physician John Snow traced a deadly ...

The 2023–2024 cholera outbreak was a stark reminder that in Zambia ... The story continues at Luongo Health Post in Kitwe, where over 1,800 households depend on shared pit latrines that pose serious ...

Jacobs also points out parasitic birds, sandpipers migrating from the arctic and even peregrine falcons. While the streets of ...

In the years 1880 to 1920, we literally transformed the health environment,” says David Rosner, a professor of history and ...

It’s not often you can be in the same place as lord mayors, businessmen and social reformers who helped shape the city's ...

Elias Boudinot became the owner of the property in the early 1800s. He served for one year ... riverfront so they could escape the heat and cholera outbreaks in the city. He added the Italianate ...

Edward also showed me the grave of Kitty Wilkinson. Kitty came from Ireland to Liverpool in the 1800s. During the cholera epidemic of the 1830s, she opened up her house for neighbours to wash ...

Housed in the Eyers-Raden Building—a historic structure dating back to the late 1800s—The Painted Lady promises ... “Lou Wooster helped save Birmingham from a cholera epidemic in the 19th century. As ...