Until spring rolls around in a couple of months, we'll be feeling blue — in the most literal sense of the word.

The first controlled clinical trial recorded in the modern age, carried out in 1747 to test treatments for scurvy, may have drawn inspiration from the nephew of Sir Isaac Newton's laboratory assistant ...

The design for a medical study in 1743 that was never carried out may have inspired James Lind’s groundbreaking clinical trial that determined the treatment for scurvy.

Peale's majestic portrait of founding father George Washington has headed to Versailles for a state-of-the-art restoration.

Things changed when Royal Navy surgeon James Lind set out to see what could be used to treat scurvy, the scourge of sailors for thousands of years. But a new analysis of an 18th century study by ...

A little over three years since French President Emmanuel Macron accused then Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison of lying about a multi-billion submarine deal, the second-largest ship in the ...

These days (I daren't go again for fear of what I might find), I expect it is about the persecution of transgender sailors in the 18th-century Navy and the poor medical facilities provided for the ...

Imagine you are at sea facing a violent battle with an enemy ship. The experienced 17th-century surgeon John Moyle asked his ...

In the event of a near-peer conflict with China, American allies and partners would bring important capabilities to the table.