Remember from our history that George Washington had to fight to save his troops from smallpox. Washington was losing more troops to smallpox than in the battles of the Revolutionary War. He was the ...

With “Rebellion 1776,” Anderson returns once again to the Revolutionary War era. Set in Boston, the story begins toward the ...

Dr. Richard P. Leach will explore how Gen. George Washington’s war-winning strategy was impacted by the spread and suppression of infectious disease during the American Revolution during ...

including smallpox inoculations for the troops, Washington signed the letter: “I am Dear Sir, your most obedient servant, G. Washington.” Indeed, by May 1777, George Washington had reason to ...

WSHU’s Molly Ingram spoke to Dr. Kathy Hermes, the publisher of Connecticut Explored Magazine and professor Emerita of ...

One was George Washington, who was the other ... This scientist is known for developing the first vaccine for smallpox in 1796. Who is this pioneer in immunology? Again, this scientist is known ...

An idea: pedal up to Fort Washington to get a view of the George Washington Bridge ... Points to hit include the ruins of the smallpox hospital, contained within Southpoint Park.

On the fifth anniversary of the COVID outbreak, a new book examines where American science — and politics — went wrong.

George Washington Plunkitt, a Tammany Hall ward boss ... But just as we were able to defeat smallpox, measles, and diphtheria with sensible public health initiatives, Americans were able to beat back ...