Pandemics have swept the world and plagued mankind since ancient times. The smallpox and measles viruses led to more than 5 million deaths during the Antonine Plague in the second century. The Plague ...

Before coronavirus, other deadly pandemics and epidemics ravaged the globe, resulting in horrific death tolls. Here are 5 of the deadliest in history. Like the coronavirus, the Antonine Plague is ...

Great plagues have changed the course of history. Best known is the Black Death (1347-51), introduced to Europe from Asia through trade routes, carried by rats and transmitted by fleas. This bubonic ...

COVID-19 was first identified in the city of Wuhan, China, in December of 2019. The World Health Organization declared it a pandemic in March. As of July, over 12 million people have been infected ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is hardly the first acute health crisis humanity has faced. Since the time of the Antonine Plague, humankind has been endangered by deadly diseases of epic proportions. What’s ...

In the 14th Century, people thought onions warded off the Black Plague. Some are saying the same about the coronavirus. Heritage Images/Getty Images While these “miracle cures” may spread more quickly ...

“A sickness occurred greater than any I have known—in fact, two thousand often died on a single day in Rome.” Those are the words of the historian Cassius Dio, a Roman historian, speaking of the event ...

Before March of this year, few probably thought disease could be a significant driver of human history. Not so anymore. People are beginning to understand that the little changes COVID-19 has already ...

Pandemics have ravaged the human race for thousands of years, from the Plague of Justinian, circa 542 to 541 B.C., which claimed 30 million to 50 million lives, to the present COVID-19 pandemic, which ...