It has become very dangerous to be a pig in Europe. In the last several months, the mad cow disease hysteria that has paralyzed Britain since the mid-’90s has crossed the Channel. France, Germany, ...

With Halloween approaching, University of Virginia professor of Slavic languages and literatures Stanley Stepanic investigated the history of vampire legends for The Conversation, reposted below.

Mass hysteria is a poor method for allocating medical research resources. Surely we all agree on that in principle. But when it concerns any given hysteria, principle flies out the window. Consider ...

Hence, a wave of migration composed largely of Central Americans entering through Texas also may pose a risk of bringing America its first case of Ebola hemorrhagic fever — if an infected West African ...

It sounds sexist, and it’s sure to raise the ire of some feminists, but the literature does not lie. Throughout history, groups of people in cohesive social units have suddenly fallen ill or exhibited ...

Dr. John Phair was an infectious diseases professor at Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine and an early leader in investigating HIV infection. Phair was “a great mentor, instrumental ...