Infection on the 1812 battlefield was not a lone epidemic—it was an epidemic tempest of infections driven by hunger, dirt, and fatigue. To researchers, the story underlines that war’s most lethal ...

BORODINO, Russia (Reuters) - President Vladimir Putin made a rousing call for unity among Russia's diverse ethnic and religious groups on Sunday as he led commemorations of a battle 200 years ago that ...

Scientists from the Institut Pasteur have genetically analyzed the remains of former soldiers who retreated from Russia in 1812. They detected two pathogens, those responsible for paratyphoid fever ...