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Evidence from 13th-century chroniclers and physicians indicates plague may have been involved in epidemics a century before ...

Five years after COVID-19 first emerged, the United States is still grappling with the aftereffects of the pandemic that ...

With the acute phase of the Covid-19 pandemic fading even as the coronavirus persists and evolves, a new normal is taking shape around the world. In a small study, patients with the syndrome were ...

Texas sees a significant rise in sepsis among women after the abortion ban, raising concerns over delayed care and lives lost.

At least 29 recruits have died during basic training at law enforcement academies nationwide in the last decade ...

In a political landscape that is fully intent on otherizing the Black experience ... he deserts the war after the death of his nephew. Branded an outlaw and chased into the swamps of Mississippi ...

Former Kentucky Attorney Daniel Cameron has announced he will run for a U.S. Senate seat after longtime Sen. Mitch McConnell announced he will not seem reelection in 2026 Thursday. Cameron ...

Explore the chilling saga of the Zizian cult, linked to murders across three states, including rancher Curtis Lind's stabbing ...

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A Montana judge on Wednesday struck down a state law defining sex in binary terms, finding that the law violated the Montana Constitution’s guarantees of equal protection and privacy. Judge Leslie ...