Pandemics of the plague have broken out three times in recorded history. A pandemic is a large-scale epidemic. In an epidemic, a disease is confined to certain locations, such as cities or regions. In a pandemic, people are afflicted with a disease...

The term plague, in human history, refers to an epidemic disease causing a high rate of mortality, i.e. a pestilence. An epidemic -- disease outbreaks that strike a large number of people in an area at the same time, may also become a pandemic when it...

HOT SPRINGS N.P., ARK. -- Six of the eight buildings that comprise Hot Springs National Park's historic Bathhouse Row are dilapidated and in need of repair; only two of the structures are operational, according to the National Trust for Historic Preservation (NTHP). The...

Biology of Plagues: Evidence from Historical Populations, by Susan Scott and Christopher J. Duncan. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2001. $100, cloth. The names of Susan Scott and Christopher Duncan need no introduction for those of us interested in time series analysis of...