Oregon resident diagnosed with the plague. What to know about the illness
An earlier major plague pandemic, dubbed the Justinian plague, started in Rome around 541 and continued to erupt for the next ...
Opinion
Commentary: Plagues destroy humanity, vaccines save it
The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” The words are Ecclesiastes 1:9 – among my ...
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History of Quarantine
After a plague epidemic kills 100,000 people in Naples, Rome begins inspecting all incoming ships and patrolling its border in hopes of keeping the plague out. When Romans start dying from plague ...
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On This Day in 1900, the Bubonic Plague Hit the Continental United States, Spiraling Into an Epidemic That Killed 119 People
California officials denied—and tried to hide—the first plague epidemic that reached U.S. shores Sarah Holzmann Bubonic plague is one of three types of plague infections, all stemming from the ...
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Imagination and affect in the face of the (in)visible threat
During the outbreak of plague in Rome in 1656, the physician Gregorio Rossi warned: “Procul omnis tristitia, venus, signities. Mens sit hilaris, contemplationibis non laxetur” (“Avoid sadness and ...
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From the Black Death to Spanish flu and smallpox, a brief history of plagues
No matter where you look up the meaning of the word “plague”, it’s never a good thing. It can be confusing, because as a verb, plague means “to cause continual distress”, yet as a noun ...