“ARE YOU DOING ALL YOU CAN?” “We can do it!” During the Second World War, Americans at home were reminded to do their part by
From the American point of view in 1889, the Russian flu was hardly a problem. What if it had struck with a vengeance in the
Since the opening of the first modern Olympic Games in 1896, international sports competition has only been canceled three times: once during the First World
In 1665 and 1666, a city experienced two enormous tragedies: the Great Plague in London and the Great Fire in London. The plague killed around
Nearly 700 years ago, overwhelmed doctors and health officials battling a devastating epidemic of bubonic plague in medieval Italy had no idea of viruses or
The need for social distancing may have forced museums and historic sites around the world to close for the moment, but many have made their
The year 1917 was very important for the suffrage movement. Having lost the chance to defeat the reelection of President Woodrow Wilson, who had initially
In the 1950s, the polio virus terrified American families. Parents tried “social distancing” – effectively and out of fear. Polio was not part of the
In 1934, a doctor at a private boys’ school in Pennsylvania tried a unique method to ward off a potentially fatal measles epidemic. Dr. J.