Imagine a pandemic that spread across the world, causing death and disability to hundreds of thousands of people. Having lived through COVID-19, this isn’t too difficult a task. But there was one big ...

During the early 1900s, doctors encountered a disease so unusual that, even today, it remains difficult to fully explain. The illness, known as "encephalitis lethargica," appeared suddenly and ...

"People have forgotten what life is all about," Robert De Niro's character says in the film "Awakenings" after being revived from the shut-down state he had been in for 30 years. "They've forgotten ...