During the 19th century, the idea that the individual was responsible for their own health was widely accepted. Under this approach, politicians believed that the state only had limited ...

A trained pharmaceutical chemist, Lilly was an archetype of the dynamic and multi-talented 19th century American industrialist ... After the war, the arrival of social healthcare systems such ...

While mercury was present in the environment as the country industrialized, the high concentration, particularly at the child’s young age, suggests it was given intentionally, p ...

A recent study, published in the International Journal of Paleopathology, examined the skeletal remains of a child who lived in mid-19th-century France. The study revealed that the child had suffered ...

Hosts compare Trump's push for coal to "letting kids smoke cigarettes" and warn of devastating health and environmental ...