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.
Mr. Lincolnâs mother died when he was seven; it was one of many personal and political reverses that Mr. Lincoln suffered in the five decades before his election to the presidency in 1860 â ranging from the death of one son in 1850 and another in 1862 to two defeats for the U.S. Senate.