Infectious diseases killed Victorian children at alarming rates; their novels highlight the fragility of public health today ...

4. Baltimore; Summer 1800; 1,200 dead As the 19th century wore on, yellow fever outbreaks would increasingly be confined to the southern United States. 5. New Orleans; Summer 1853; 8000 or more ...

A decrease in average body temperature could be linked to improvements in public health and a lower incidence of chronic ...

Teaching 19th-century English literature ... whooping cough, measles, scarlet fever and cholera. Smallpox once killed 80% of the children it infected. As a result of these sanitary, regulatory ...

A surge in malaria cases among miners and Indigenous communities in Guyana has reignited concerns about the deadly link ...

Teaching 19th-century English literature ... whooping cough, measles, scarlet fever and cholera. As a result of these sanitary, regulatory and medical advances, child mortality rates have sat ...

Teaching 19th-century English literature ... whooping cough, measles, scarlet fever and cholera. As a result of these sanitary, regulatory and medical advances, child mortality rates have sat ...

What is fever? Anything above 100.4°F. A moderate grade fever would be between 100°F and 102°F. A high grade fever would be ...

Teaching 19th-century English literature ... whooping cough, measles, scarlet fever and cholera. Closed sewers protect drinking water from fecal contamination. Pasteurization kills tuberculosis ...