In “A Perfect Frenzy,” Andrew Lawler reveals the hypocrisies of the patriots on the battleground of colonial Virginia.

More than two centuries ago, Edward Jenner’s discovery of the smallpox vaccine laid the foundation for modern public health, saving millions of lives. In 1776, George Washington ordered all his ...

Ben Franklin, whose son died from smallpox, and George Washington both championed this inoculation and realized great successes. Gen. Washington’s adoption of inoculations helped propel the ...

Ellis (“His Excellency: George Washington”) wrote that his “very ... ordeals that informed his leadership. His bout with smallpox inspired him to inoculate his soldiers at the start of ...

A central meeting place during and after the Revolutionary War, it served George Washington among other notable figures ...

The Americans had yet to declare independence, but revolution was brewing. The letter, addressed to “The Inhabitants of the ...

A central meeting place during and after the Revolutionary War, it served George Washington among other ... They treated everything from smallpox to severed limbs, often traveling miles on ...

Experts call the health implications “dire” with some fearing Kennedy could set off a fresh round in the school culture wars ...

Amy Zalman is a strategist and futurist. She has previously served as the CEO of the World Future Society and the chair of information integration at the U.S. National War College.

One general suggests that the flu poses a bigger threat to American security than China and notes that General George Washington ordered mandatory smallpox inoculation for any soldier who had not ...

The comedian Louis C.K. has a bit about the word Jew being an unusual word—it can be both the perfectly correct term for a ...