How coronavirus — a 'rich man's disease' — infected the poor
LA Times via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhen it arrived in the unforgiving industrial towns of central Mexico, the sand-swept sprawl of...
Top LA news: LAPD officers diagnosed with Typhus, Salmonella Typhi; 3 shot in South LA; more
Hoodline via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAn officer at the Los Angeles Police Department's Central Station has contracted Salmonella Typhi,...
‘My Ear Infection Turned out to Be an Engorged Tick—and I Contracted Typhus From It’
Prevention via Yahoo News· 4 months agoBefore my trek, I’d had an ear infection in the same ear, so I just figured it was acting up again....
As homeless are suffering, risk of hepatitis, typhus and other diseases is growing
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFrom Los Angeles to Kentucky, across the USA, experts said, growing homeless populations are...
Coronavirus: Europeans introduced devastating novel diseases to the Indigenous Americas – here's...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAfter Europeans invaded what became the Americas, from the 1490s onwards, most indigenous societies...
LAPD officers being treated for typhoid fever, typhus-like symptoms
ABC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoAt least one officer with the Los Angeles Police Department has contracted the bacteria that causes...
Prisons and jails are coronavirus epicenters – but they were once designed to prevent disease...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 12 months agoAs a prison scholar, I recognize a sad irony in this public health problem: The United States’ very...
The Coronavirus Pandemic of 2020 in Historical Perspective
National Review via Yahoo News· 11 months agoUntil quite recently, epidemics of cholera, smallpox, typhus, yellow fever, and influenza were...
5 Truly Tragic Ways Ticks Can Kill Your Dog
Fatherly via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTicks can cause Lyme disease, Powassan virus, and even the meat sweats, but that’s just ticks on humans. Ticks on dogs are an entirely different animal....
Coronavirus: a history of pandemics in prison
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 12 months agoSuch conditions were also highlighted in the late 18th century by prison reformer John Howard. As in Wakefield, the lack of social distancing in colonial...