SUMMARY The Gram-negative bacterium Yersinia pestis is responsible for deadly plague, a
zoonotic disease established in stable foci in the Americas, Africa, and Eurasia. Its …

Norovirus (NoV) is an enteric non-enveloped virus which is the leading cause of
gastroenteritis across all age groups. It is responsible for around 200,000 deaths annually …

Infectious diseases are among the strongest selective pressures driving human evolution,.
This includes the single greatest mortality event in recorded history, the first outbreak of the …

Will COVID-19 end the urban renaissance that many cities have experienced since the
1980s? This essay selectively reviews the copious literature that now exists on the long-term …

The COVID-19 global pandemic has caused significant global economic and social
disruption. We use global data on cases and deaths, and public health and economic policy …

Jails and prisons are exceptionally susceptible to viral outbreaks, such as severe acute
respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2. The USA has extremely high rates of incarceration and …

Climate reconstructions for the Common Era are compromised by the paucity of annually-
resolved and absolutely-dated proxy records prior to medieval times. Where reconstructions …

Modern human need for medicines is so extensive that it is thought to be a deep
evolutionary behavior. There is abundant evidence from our Paleolithic and later prehistoric …

The major epidemic and pandemic diseases that have bothered humans since the Neolithic
Age and Bronze Age are surveyed. Many of these pandemics are zoonotic infections, and …

The international scope of the Mediterranean wine trade in Late Antiquity raises important
questions concerning sustainability in an ancient international economy and offers a …