Genghis Khan may have been killed by a pandemic
“Instead of spectacular interpretations (e.g. typhus) of Genghis Khan’s cause of death, the reported clinical picture and the duration of the disease gripping his army as early as 1226, suggest a retrospective diagnosis, that of plague, a most ancient, history-changing and still present disease,” International Journal of Infectious Diseases
COVID-19: As Global as any other feature of the world . . . and on the move
The following five photos are courtesy of Mary Kate Battle
