San Francisco was brought to a near standstill on Saturday after a major power outage plunged large parts of the city into darkness for several hours, disrupting transport, shutting businesses and ...

When a dozen merchant ships from the Black Sea docked in Messina, Sicily, in October 1347, they carried a deadly cargo that would change the course of history. Most of the sailors onboard were dead.

Alexandria Nyembwe is a registered nurse and health writer. She has worked in street medicine serving populations experiencing homelessness in Skid Row Los Angeles as well as in cardiovascular care in ...