Mallon knows she carries typhoid, knows she should not cook—and does so." To be sure, Mary Mallon was not entirely blameless when she knowingly returned to cooking in 1915, but the blame must be ...

PROFILE of Mary Mallon, "Typhoid Mary," confined to the Riverside Hospital, North Brother Island. Mentiones other carriers, Marsch, Fred, also at the Riverside Hospital. Probably the greatest of ...

But a strange pattern started to occur. Anywhere that Mary worked, family members in the household started to develop typhoid fever. In 1906, Mary worked for a wealthy banker, Charles Warren.

You've probably heard the term “Typhoid Mary” before, usually referring to someone responsible for spreading a disease to others. But Typhoid Mary was a real person, and while her story is a ...