Over the next century, vaccines virtually wiped out long-feared scourges like polio and measles and drastically reduced the ...

Within one to two weeks, the cough becomes more intense — harsh, violent fits that leave you gasping for air. Sometimes, a ...

You can explore and learn the history behind one of Portland’s oldest cemeteries. Western Cemetery dates back to the 1830s.

Before the vaccines, such illnesses were the main reason why nearly one in five children in 1900 never made it to their fifth ...