Infectious mononucleosis, also called mono, is a contagious disease. Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is the most common cause of infectious mononucleosis, but other viruses can also cause this disease. It is common among teenagers and young adults, especially college students.
Abraham Lincoln's mother died 1818 of milk sickness. This means she drank milk from a cow that had eaten the poisonous white snakeroot plant. Abraham Lincoln's mother died 1818 of milk sickness. This means she drank milk from a cow that had eaten the poisonous white snakeroot plant.
Abraham Lincoln had an older sister and a younger brother. His older sister, Sarah died, just shy of her 22nd birthday, on January 20, 1828, in childbirth. (Her baby boy was sâ¦tillborn). He was devastated at the news, as he and his sister were very close, as children.