The COVID-19 pandemic has drawn comparisons to the 1918 influenza pandemic. Both spread globally with remarkable speed, and their acute phases led to millions of deaths. What might come as a surprise ...
During the early 1900s, doctors encountered a disease so unusual that, even today, it remains difficult to fully explain. The illness, known as "encephalitis lethargica," appeared suddenly and ...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Encephalitis lethargica (EL) is a mysterious neurological disease that impacted millions of people from 1917 to 1930, causing a wide range of ...
"People have forgotten what life is all about," Robert De Niro's character says in the film "Awakenings" after being revived from the shut-down state he had been in for 30 years. "They've forgotten ...