Mark Olshaker

Oct 22, 2024 | courthousenews.com | Mark Olshaker

Did Lizzie Borden really take an axe and give her mother 40 whacks? We bring you all the salacious details that have kept the trial of the 19th century thriving in the public consciousness. Sensational headlines, societal upheaval and a gruesome crime that shook Fall River, Massachusetts, to its core. Turn off the lights and cozy up to the fireplace as we bring you the spookiest type of story we can — one straight from the history books.

Aug 15, 2024 | almendron.com | Mark Olshaker |Michael Osterholm

Less than five years after the outbreak of COVID-19, the world remains vulnerable to another pandemic. Over the past five months, a mutated strain of the H5N1 influenza virus detected in dairy cattle poses a potential risk for a pandemic-causing virus. Yet governments and international organizations have done far too little to prepare for such a scenario, despite the lessons they should have learned from the global battle with COVID-19.

Aug 15, 2024 | foreignaffairs.com | Michael Osterholm |Mark Olshaker

Less than five years after the outbreak of COVID-19, the world remains vulnerable to another pandemic. Over the past five months, a mutated strain of the H5N1 influenza virus detected in dairy cattle poses a potential risk for a pandemic-causing virus. Yet governments and international organizations have done far too little to prepare for such a scenario, despite the lessons they should have learned from the global battle with COVID-19.