Tag Archives: Elimination

A Neolithic family was massacred, skinned, defleshed, cooked and eaten in a cave on the Iberian peninsula 5,600 years ago, a new study suggests. Researchers found evidence that at least 11 people, including adults, adolescents and children, may have been victims of warfare cannibalism during a bloody event at the El Mirador cave in northern Spain. Bones found at the …

The U.S. has reported more measles cases in the first half of this year than in any full year since 1992, raising concerns that the country could lose its measles elimination status and undo a 25-year public health victory amid declining vaccine rates. But exactly what does that risk mean and how close is it to really happening? The World …