1+ week, 2+ hour ago  (199+ words) In the early 1900s, the city's warm climate drew TB patients seeking treatment at local sanatoriums. Apr. 4, 2026 at 3: 22pm El Paso's role as a tuberculosis refuge during this period highlights the city's unique history and the medical challenges faced by Americans in…...

2+ hour, 15+ min ago  (935+ words) A 2, 000-year-old Egyptian child mummy preserved in Wroc'aw, Poland, is offering rare insight into ancient burial practices'while raising a new and intriguing mystery. During its first-ever comprehensive scientific examination, researchers discovered a hidden object placed on the boy's chest, potentially…...

13+ hour, 21+ min ago  (341+ words) Courtesy of Hank Soboleski My wife Ginger's recent stroke and the superb medical treatment she then received at Straub Hospital in Honolulu got me wondering about the man who founded that excellent hospital. Born in Germany, Dr. George F. Straub (1879-1966) earned…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (226+ words) Hastings Tribune Construction of new Mary Lanning Memorial Hospital is now at the fifth floor with three more to go in April of 1969. The structure will cost $6. 5 million and will not be completed until the fall of 1970. Work has just…...

1+ day, 16+ hour ago  (853+ words) Jane Brox's "Silence: A Social History of One of the Least Understood Elements of Our Lives" (Mariner Books, $23. 96) opens with a description of Philadelphia's Eastern State Penitentiary. Established in 1829 as an experiment in rehabilitation, each cell was essentially what we…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago  (241+ words) Fort Worth City Council voted this week to designate the Fort Worth Power and Light Co. as a historically significant endangered structure. This move is expected to help preserve this part of the city's industrial past. The city addressed the…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago  (1163+ words) "Hello Mum and Dad, greetings from Llandudno. "We've just taken Alan up The Great Orme, it's been a grand day but it's been raining all afternoon. "The hotel is fine, and you can expect us back on Saturday." In a…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago  (117+ words) The American Civil War was unprecedented in both its brutality and bloodshed. Disease and the threat of biological warfare played a key role in the conflict, most notably in a Confederate plot to create an epidemic of yellow fever in…...

3+ day, 7+ hour ago  (78+ words) America250 We're creating the largest synchronized Fourth of July celebration in U. S. history. Join us on July 4! Help us make the Semiquincentennial a record setting year of volunteer service. Celebrate these moments that will unite our nation between July 1 and July 5, 2026. See…...

3+ day, 9+ hour ago  (196+ words) Woodward News On Monday, April 6th, a demolition crew began to take down parts of the old Woodward hospital that was located on 4th and Locust. Years of decay left the building uninhabitable despite several attempts to revive the building for various…...