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A mysterious illness killed princesses and sailors alike.
food

How Killer Rice Crippled Tokyo and the Japanese Navy

One stubborn doctor pioneered a cure.
Anne Ewbank February 22, 2018
They're cute, but you really shouldn't.
animals

The CDC Is Begging People to Stop Cuddling Chickens

Snuggling and smooching your poultry may end in salmonella.
Anne Ewbank February 7, 2018
Jersey City, New Jersey

Ellis Island Immigrant Hospital

Now abandoned, the first public health hospital in the U.S. saw more than one million immigrants from around the world.
Submerged plastic can sicken coral.
coral reefs

The Staggering Scope of the Plastic Threat to Coral Reefs

Garbage floating in the ocean is likely to be swarming with bacteria, which can make corals sick.
Jessica Leigh Hester January 25, 2018
Fort San
Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan

Fort San

The abandoned tuberculosis sanatorium is said to be one of the most haunted places in Canada.
The Anatori vaults.
Georgia

Anatori Burial Vaults

Legend says these stone structures are where the doomed citizens of a vanished village sent themselves to die.
A jumbo-sized "tu'penny" lick.
Gastro Obscura

Penny Lick

This is some deceptive, dirty ice cream ware.
Too close for comfort.
science

The Tsetse Fly Has Strange, Sucker-Tipped Fingers on Its Mouth

New images could help scientists better understand how the flies transmit deadly sleeping sickness.
Kelsey Kennedy September 22, 2017
Terry Fox, dipping his leg into the Atlantic Ocean.
St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador

Marathon of Hope Mile 0

Where a young athlete began his run across Canada after losing his right leg to cancer.
Fresh crabs in spiced soy sauce.
mummies

Found: A Perfectly Preserved Sac of Fluke Eggs on a 400-Year-Old Mummy’s Liver

In the 17th century, delicious fresh crab dishes had certain dangers.
Sarah Laskow August 24, 2017
Specimens on display.
Nagasaki, Japan

Museum of Tropical Medicine

A hub of information on tropical diseases and their treatments.
Ronald Ross Memorial
Kolkata, India

Ronald Ross Memorial

A monument to the British doctor who connected mosquitoes to malaria.
prostitution

The Wartime Posters That Tried to Shame Soldiers Away From STDs

“You can’t beat the Axis if you get VD.”
Kelsey Kennedy July 12, 2017
Open air school in the Netherlands, 1918
schools

The Early 1900s Movement to Build Schools Without Walls

Take that, tuberculosis!
Michael Waters June 29, 2017
animals

The Case of the Hedgehog With 'Balloon Syndrome'

He's better now.
Erik Shilling June 12, 2017
The barge Marsden rode down the river Lena.
exploration

The Scandalous Life of Nurse and Adventurer Kate Marsden

She spent 11 months trekking to Siberia to find a cure for leprosy, but her love life overshadowed everything.
Sarah Laskow May 26, 2017
Entrance to one of the buildings
New York, New York

Cherokee Apartments

This Upper East Side apartment co-op was designed as a tuberculosis sanitarium.
Allied POWs get a shave during WWI.
disease

A WWI Anthrax Outbreak Was Caused by Shaving Brushes

Lathering up could be painful.
Kelsey Kennedy May 3, 2017