Life in the West wasn’t easy. Those who chose to leave the comforts of Back East in favor of the rigors of the West did not make the decision to do so haphazardly. During most of the 19th ...

In the years 1880 to 1920, we literally transformed the health environment,” says David Rosner, a professor of history and ...

The fact that contaminated water and poor sanitation could help spread diseases like cholera was not understood in the 19th century. Starting in 1819, a series of cholera pandemics spread the ...

Angola has recorded 3,402 cholera cases and 114 deaths since the outbreak began in early January, according to the Health ...

Next On Air 17:30 Opera on 3 View full schedule The spectre of cholera hung over Tchaikovsky's life from his earliest childhood. In the early 19th century most people believed the disease was ...