The first recorded epidemic of yellow fever was in the Yucatan Peninsula in 1648. By Susan BrinkAuthor and Journalist Introduction...
Disease
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”,...
The evolution of pathogens over millennia. By Dr. José Ramón Alonso PeñaProfessor of Cell BiologyUniversity of Salamanca...
Novels tapped into communal fears. By Dr. Andrea Kaston TangeProfessor of EnglishMacalester College Introduction Modern medicine has...
It was misunderstood for millennia. By Dr. Cynthia Connolly (PhD, RN)Rosemarie B. Greco Term Endowed Professorship in...
They organized in neighborhood clustering. By Dr. R. Alexander BentleyProfessor of AnthropologyUniversity of Tennessee Introduction In my...
Did you know that there is only about one mesothelioma case diagnosed per 110,000 people each year?...
The first major wave of newly emerging infections occurred with the start of the Neolithic revolution. Introduction The...
Examining a “pandemic age shift” that occurred with each of the three pandemics of the 20th century....
Vaccine research quickly picked up to try to prevent a possible flu pandemic in 1976. By Dr....
From yellow fever to Ebola, Africa has been consistently shortchanged on essential supplies. By Henna HundalMedical Student...
The early medieval law codes issued in Europe contain multiple clauses dealing with injuries to the face...
The historic events and pioneers we can today thank for saving millions of lives each year. By...
Vaccines protect not only the patient, but also those around them. Introduction Louisiana Republican state Rep. Kathy...
The exact death toll of the flu is unknown, but experts estimate it to be as high...
The effects of antimicrobial resistance are not spread equally across society. Introduction Antimicrobial resistance (also known as...
He captured epidemiological events as they unfolded. By Dwight William SwansonCo-Founder, The Museum of SleepCo-Founder, Center for...
A 19th-century campaigner started a gradual trend for outsourcing the preparation and storage of a body. Introduction...
Hippocrates is credited with naming “cancer” as “karkinoma”. Since the earliest medical records were kept, cancer as a disease has been...
It is still present in more than 120 countries, and the U.S. is seeing an uptick in...