Emotional needs and technology, including A.I.-fueled “griefbots,” have kept us searching for connections to the other side.

In the 20th century, the NIH documented three pandemics caused by mutations of the influenza A virus — the 1918 Spanish influenza, (H1N1), the 1957 influenza pandemic in southeast Asia (H2N2 ...

The prognosis was dire. Doctors told 5-year-old Donald Jacobi’s family that he would be dead by the next morning, another victim of the Spanish flu that, starting in 1918, killed ...

The disease was nearly doubling daily. A page from the October 24, 1918, issue of The Billings Gazette gives advice on how to treat and prevent influenza. Billings Gazette archives via newspapers.com ...

Children around the world will suffer because RFK Jr. substitutes baseless theories and junk science for knowledge about ...

Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global By Laura Spinney William Collins (distributed in India by HarperCollins India), ...

From political name-calling to social media meltdowns, public life feels more hostile than ever. But quiet acts of kindness ...

As their right to vote was debated in the States, a remarkable group of 74 physicians and support staff sailed to war-torn ...

The founders of Emporia, Nebraska in Holt County had great hopes for this platted town to become the scene of commerce.

An unsung hero of aviation, S.V. Setty designed early British warplanes, including the iconic Avro 504, and piloted them in England. He returned to India to nurture engineering talent but was barred ...

In the charming riverside town of Marietta, Ohio, there’s a place where the dearly departed are celebrated in the most fascinating way possible – the Cawley & Peoples Mortuary Museum, a treasure trove ...