Two new studies find that British colonists arriving via ship in the late 18th century likely introduced smallpox, which ...

We warn readers that the content of this study is confronting and may be distressing. In April 1789, the first smallpox ...

Researchers say British colonization of Australia may have killed millions after smallpox arrived with the First Fleet ...

On July 11, 1776, George Washington warned Congress that Admiral Howe’s fleet was expected and a British attack on New York ...

A fresh analysis of an old scourge suggests smallpox likely slipped into Australia not via sick sailors, but via jars of ...

Supporters say the World Monuments Fund recognition points to a broader conversation about the city's future.

Thomas Levenson gives us a fascinating potted history of vaccination, and points out that anti-vax arguments are in fact 18th century objections repurposed for the modern age ...

A SCIENTIFIC panel created by the United Nations released its first independent assessment of artificial intelligence (AI) this month, and the warning at its center is a blunt one. The technology is ...

A new list ranked 10 "irreplaceable" spots that have shaped U.S. history. The whole city of New Orleans made the cut.

Archelaus Fletcher II was a Black man who fought in the Revolutionary War, but in many ways that was just the first important ...

A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a column about the founding fathers and their experiences in the arduous process of gaining ...