Working in the White House in the 1840s may have been more hazardous than we thought.

Fevers are one of our best weapons against infections, but they don't work like you might think.

If you’ve ever noticed that being sick often sucks more at night, that wasn’t your imagination. Fevers do often rise at night! Why do our bodies do that? Is there a reason we have to suffer more?

It's 1843, and a debate is raging about one of the most common killers of women: childbed fever— no one knows what causes it. One physician has observed patients with inflammation go on to develop childbed fever, and therefore believes...

4000 years ago, the ancient Sumerians made a surprising discovery: if they scraped the bark off a particular kind of tree and ate it, their pain disappeared. Little did they know that what they'd found was destined to influence the...

Luckily, we live in a time where we don't have to worry about smallpox anymore. It's a horrible disease, but through smart vaccination techniques, we took it from killing millions worldwide, to being eradicated from the planet!

Our final episodes of Anatomy & Physiology explore the way your body keeps all that complex, intricate stuff alive and healthy -- your immune system. The immune system's responses begin with physical barriers like skin and mucous...

There are some diseases, like Zika or malaria, that get a lot of media coverage. However, every year, millions of people are infected with diseases that are just as deadly that we never hear anything about.

What really killed Mozart?

For 10,000 years, humanity suffered from the scourge of smallpox. The virus killed almost a third of its victims within two weeks and left survivors horribly scarred. But Simona Zompi commends the brave souls - a Buddhist nun, a boy, a...

Tuberculosis had a big impact on George Orwell's life and on his novel "1984." Drawing parallels between Orwell's struggle with TB and the themes of isolation, surveillance, and control in the novel, it delves into how Orwell's personal...

More and more drug-resistant strains of Haemophilus influenzae type b bacteria (Hib) have emerged in recent years, and the consequences of late or no treatment are devastating. The microbe is estimated to cause at least 3 million cases...

Dengue fever is a mosquito-borne infection, which affects some 50 million people annually. It is now endemic in more than 100 countries in Africa, South America, the Eastern Mediterranean, Southeast Asia, and the Western Pacific. This...

Review key tips for traveling to Brazil. For instance, be sure you have a valid passport. It’s a good idea to prepare your paperwork well in advance of your arrival. You'll also need a visa if you'll be working in Brazil or if your own...

In the old days, if you needed an over-the-counter medicine for fever or pain, you had basically one option: aspirin.

Aspirin's still around, but these days it's got some strong competi
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Acetaminophen, which is...

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