Disease – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com Thu, 02 Apr 2026 23:26:56 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://brewminate.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/cropped-BrewBLogo01-32x32.jpg Disease – Brewminate: A Bold Blend of News and Ideas https://brewminate.com 32 32 Rabies in the Ancient and Medieval Worlds: Fear, Medicine, and Fatal Disease https://brewminate.com/rabies-ancient-medieval-history-disease/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:02:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=271891 Rabies haunted ancient and medieval societies as a well-known yet untreatable disease, blending medical observation with fear, superstition,

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]]> Sweating Sickness in Tudor England: Disease, Fear, and Elite Vulnerability https://brewminate.com/sweating-sickness-tudor-england-english-sweat/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:01:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=271903 The English sweating sickness struck Tudor England with terrifying speed, killing within hours and defying explanation before vanishing

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]]> Long-Dormant and Decreasing Diseases Find a Friend in RFK, Jr. to Rise Again https://brewminate.com/vaccine-skepticism-disease-resurgence-us/ Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=271721 As vaccine skepticism gains visibility, preventable diseases once in decline are reappearing, raising concerns about public health, immunity

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]]> The Tuskegee Syphilis Study and the Suppression of Medical Truth https://brewminate.com/tuskegee-syphilis-study-medical-deception-public-health/ Tue, 10 Mar 2026 14:00:00 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=270883 The Tuskegee Syphilis Study reveals how the suppression of medical information by government researchers eroded trust, exposed ethical

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]]> Healing in the Shadows: The Black Angels, Tuberculosis, and Seaview Hospital https://brewminate.com/healing-in-the-shadows-the-black-angels-tuberculosis-and-seaview-hospital/ Wed, 10 Dec 2025 15:54:12 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=266905 The history of the Black Angels reveals how racial inequality, gendered labor, and medical innovation intersected within one

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]]> The Long History of Pneumonia: From Hippocrates to Modern Medicine https://brewminate.com/the-long-history-of-pneumonia-from-hippocrates-to-modern-medicine/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:08:04 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=265988 Pneumonia remains an evolving public health challenge shaped by antimicrobial resistance, emerging pathogens, and global disparities in access

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]]> The Whooping Cough Surge: Falling Vaccination Rates and a Growing Public Health Crisis https://brewminate.com/the-whooping-cough-surge-falling-vaccination-rates-and-a-growing-public-health-crisis/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:07:35 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=265995 The whooping cough surge sweeping Texas, Louisiana, West Virginia, and other states is a predictable outcome of declining

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]]> Government Pandemic Response in the 19th Century: Communities and the Struggle for Public Health https://brewminate.com/government-pandemic-response-in-the-19th-century-communities-and-the-struggle-for-public-health/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:07:02 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=266002 The history of nineteenth century pandemics reveals how deeply infectious disease shaped the development of modern public health.

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]]> First Marburg Virus Outbreak: What We Know and Why Experts Are Watching Closely https://brewminate.com/first-marburg-virus-outbreak-what-we-know-and-why-experts-are-watching-closely/ Mon, 17 Nov 2025 15:06:34 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=266006 Across all available reporting, Ethiopia’s Marburg outbreak represents both a serious public health emergency and a demonstration of

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]]> Shadows in the Blood: A History of Ebola Virus and Its Outbreaks https://brewminate.com/shadows-in-the-blood-a-history-of-ebola-virus-and-its-outbreaks/ Wed, 24 Sep 2025 14:12:41 +0000 https://brewminate.com/?p=263439 From the first shocking outbreaks in 1976 to the massive epidemic that swept through West Africa four decades

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