Despite the demographic and cultural devastation, indigenous peoples across the Americas survived and adapted. By Matthew A....
Disease
His work transformed vaccine science into a rigorous and systematic discipline. By Matthew A. McIntoshPublic HistorianBrewminate Introduction...
Cancer in the ancient and medieval worlds was a poorly understood and highly feared disease. By Matthew...
The subject of looking and staring has engaged theorists of visual culture for some decades. Introduction Vision...
Preventing a pandemic isn’t something the government can do alone. By Jeff SobotkoSenior WriterHarvard T.H. Chan School...
One dose of the vaccine reduces the chances of getting sick with measles by around 95%. By...
Key events paved the way for the outbreak we’re seeing today. By Amber DanceScience Journalist Introduction In...
In 1858, physician Tomás Salazar pioneered the study of the disease. By Dr. José Ignacio MogrovejoPontificia Universidad...
Political polarisation– has propelled an irrational wave of denialism. By Dr. Ignacio López-GoñiProfessor of MicrobiologyUniversidad de Navarra...
Alice Ball’s legacy and her contributions to an early treatment of a dangerous and stigmatizing disease. Introduction...
Kennedy has a long history of anti-vaccine views. By Barbara RodriguezInterim Health and Caregiving ReporterThe 19th News...
Pathogens are just starting to infect people in sporadic bursts. By Dr. Ron BarrettProfessor of AnthropologyMacalester College...
The AIDS crisis could not be separated from the broader cultural contexts in which it emerged. By...
The freeze is a reminder of how the first Trump administration interfered. By Amy MaxmenPublic Health and...
Influenza left its devastating mark in both American and world history that year. By Sara Francis FujimuraAuthor...
The virus mutates slightly in a process called antigenic drift. By Dr. Alexandra M. LordChair and Curator...
A small but growing number of house cats have gotten sick from H5N1. By Sarah BodenHealth and...
For rural patients, getting cancer treatment close to home has always been difficult. The night before her...
The first recorded epidemic of yellow fever was in the Yucatan Peninsula in 1648. By Susan BrinkAuthor and Journalist Introduction...
Before smallpox was eradicated, the disease took a significant toll on humanity. Smallpox is the first and...
Which diseases could we eradicate in our lifetimes and how? By Dr. Max RoserFounder, Our World in...
Forecasting tools are necessary and beneficial – if we can get them. By Chris BerdikScience Journalist and...
Humanity eradicated this infectious disease globally. By Dr. Sophie OchmannFormer Research AssociateChair of Development EconomicsGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen By...
The control of hookworm disease required direct medication of patients. Overview In an excerpt from Medicine and Nation...
The world has made rapid progress against the disease. By Dr. Saloni DattaniResearcher, Our World in DataProject...
Overseeing risky research worldwide. By Priyanka PullaFreelance Journalist By Michael SchulsonContributing EditorUndark Magazine Raghunand Tirumalai loves to...
It is one of the biggest mysteries in human history. By Dr. Philip SlavinAssociate Professor of HistoryUniversity...
The virus shows no sign of slowing. By Amy MaxmenPublic Health and Science Journalist Introduction Keith Poulsen’s...
Onesimus never got the credit he was due. By Dr. LaShyra “Lash” NolenMD/MPP Candidate ‘24, Harvard Medical...
Diphtheria was a much-feared disease of childhood. By Chris Baker Introduction Diphtheria was the “scourge of childhood”,...