Jul 24, 2020 · Typhus, an often-fatal bacterial disease that is spread by body lice, swept through Europe during the second world war. Nazi propaganda portrayed Jews as major spreaders of …

Jul 24, 2020 · Using mathematical modeling, we reassess events during the Holocaust that led to the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto (1941–1942), with the eventual goal of deliberately killing …

Jul 28, 2020 · Facing unprecedented crowding, starvation and homelessness, an infectious disease outbreak ought to be nearly impossible to stop, yet Jewish doctors in the Warsaw …

Using mathematical modeling, we reassess events during the Holocaust that led to the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto (1941–1942), with the eventual goal of deliberately killing ~450,000, …

Jul 22, 2014 · As World War II raged, typhus reappeared in war-torn areas and in Jewish ghettos, where cramped, harsh conditions were a perfect breeding ground for lice. So the Nazis …

Jul 27, 2020 · How a Public Health Campaign in the Warsaw Ghetto Stemmed the Spread of Typhus. A new study shows how life-saving efforts by Jewish doctors helped curb an epidemic …

Sep 13, 2020 · During the Nazi occupation of Poland during World War II, Jewish residents in Warsaw were forcibly confined to a district known as the Warsaw Ghetto. The crowded, …

Jul 24, 2020 · When a deadly typhus outbreak struck Poland's Warsaw ghetto during WWII, Jewish doctors helped stop the disease in its tracks, saving thousands.

Nov 16, 2021 · Typhus, a bacterial infection caused by Rickettsia prowazekii, was widespread in Europe for centuries and was endemic in Eastern Europe until the 1950s. Between 1940 and …

Using mathematical modeling, we reassess events during the Holocaust that led to the liquidation of the Warsaw Ghetto (1941–1942), with the eventual goal of deliberately killing ~450,000, …