A DISEASE that notoriously claimed the life of Queen Victoria’s husband Prince Albert — and may, more recently, have put The Greatest Showman actor Zac Efron in hospital — has hit record levels in ...

People sit in front of the 1802 painting "Le Premier Consul franchissant le Grand-Saint-Bernard" by French artist Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) as they visit the exhibition "Napoleon and Europe" at ...

The study revealed that Napoleon's soldiers suffered from several infections, exacerbated by cold, hunger, and exhaustion, which led to the army's defeat by the Russians in 1812. A new study involving ...

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 ...

In the winter of 1812, Napoleon’s once-mighty army left Russia battered, frostbitten, and starving. The infamous retreat claimed hundreds of thousands of lives, but until recently, no one could say ...

Napoleon, the remains of his lice-ridden army, and typhus. (Art by Carlos Ayala/Courthouse News, using some AI-generated elements) (CN) — In June 1812, French leader Napoleon Bonaparte led his troops ...

Four soldiers were positive for paratyphoid fever on the genetic level, one for relapsing fever, and one had symptoms of both diseases. The scientists ruled out other common diseases such as epidemic ...

In 1812, Napoleon Bonaparte launched a massive invasion of Russia with over 500,000 ...

Napoleon’s withdrawal from Russia in 1812 was one of history’s most disastrous retreats. New research bolsters the theory that diseases made the calamitous situation even worse. Researchers in France ...

In the summer of 1812, the legendary French general Napoleon Bonaparte led an army about half a million strong to invade Russia. The Russians retreated but burned the countryside as they withdrew, ...

The pathogens that weakened an empire Paratyphoid fever is a life-threatening intestinal illness spread through contaminated food and water. In the crowded, unsanitary conditions of a military retreat ...