We have plenty of venues which opened their doors back in the 1800s, however there's a handful which lay claim to the official title. Photographer and author Gavin John dove into the murky ...

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

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

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

A deadly tuberculosis outbreak is spreading through Kansas City ... claimed a quarter of all lives in Europe from the 1600s to 1800s, earning it the nickname “the white plague.” ...

Raw water can also contain algae that release toxins causing abdominal issues and damage to the brain and nervous system. Cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever are no longer health burdens in the U.S.

Cholera, dysentery and typhoid fever are no longer health burdens in the U.S. thanks to a robust water treatment system. But areas of the world lacking this privilege suffer high child mortality ...

“There are a few other states that currently have large outbreaks that are also ongoing." Tuberculosis, as PBS notes, was called consumption when it killed one in seven people in the 1800s. The iron ...

Doug Corwin, president of the family-owned Crescent Duck Farm, said teams of state and federal agricultural workers had been on site for the past week to address the outbreak, which is resulting ...