Tag: epidemics

Needless to say, you could see if you clicked on the link why this was such a painful situation. Even a potentially mortal one if other circumstances were involved. During her recovery she would contact me from the hospital often in tears, complaining of agonizing pain. Now this was after she was pl...

In the year 2020, there was a reported 29.3% increase in drug-overdose deaths in the United States — 93,331 deaths attributed to illicit drug abuse which many claim stem from legal prescription drugs such as fentanyl. While drug-related deaths continue to skyrocket throughout the ...

Around 1563, Brazil’s first epidemic impact happened in Bahia, exotic and paradisiac land that already had natives and inhabitants communities. As we know, the first Portuguese embarkations reached the Brazilian east coast in 1500, bringing not only jewelry to be exchange but smallpox. Smal...