Christian nationalists are far less likely to be vaccinated than other groups, but some evangelical leaders are...
Disease
One year after the Covid-19 pandemic began, billionaires have made out like gangbusters at the expense of...
At the first hint the virus was receding, people pushed to get life back to normal. Unfortunately...
The coronavirus pandemic has driven a lot of scientific progress in the past year. By Dr. Albert...
In fact, you can’t really understand Mumbai without understanding the bubonic plague. Introduction On a leafy uphill...
Science and determination turned the tide against one of the worst diseases humanity has ever endured. Three...
The persecution and destruction of the Jews of Germany at the time of the Black Death. Introduction...
Throughout history, plagues have severely affected human societies. By Christine A. Smith Throughout history, humans have been...
There are three types of plague infection — bubonic, septicemic and pneumonic — and all are caused...
Yale’s Dorothy Horstmann solved a puzzle that would lead to the first polio vaccines 65 years ago....
The years 1918 and 1919 were difficult not only as a result of the influenza pandemic, but...
The Fort Bayard military reservation was established in 1866. Introduction It started with a “heavy cold.”[1] In...
Epidemics haunt history, but they shape history too, as happened in 212 BCE at Syracuse. “The dogs...
Thucydides indicates that this plague was extraordinary in that “a pestilence of such extent and mortality was...
This event marked a crucial dialogue among countries, donors, and partners on building back better for future...
Throughout history, writers and artists have explored the impact of plagues and pandemics on humanity. One of...
The most insidious denialism of all is entirely invisible. The presidential election wasn’t close. Joe Biden won...
The lives, labor, and sacrifices of women and girls of color have been overlooked for centuries. Introduction...
A fast-moving equine flu cratered the U.S. economy in the fall of 1872. Introduction In 1872 the...
In an effort to help fellow COVID-19 sufferers, some patients spend most of their days fact checking...
We’re ready to be done with COVID-19, it’s not going anywhere soon. Once a pathogen emerges, it’s...
People broke public health laws during the 17th-century plague in Italy, but there were clergymen who intervened....
The Cutter Incident was a tragic error showed how complicated it can be to distribute vaccines on...
Societies and cultures that seem ossified and entrenched were suddenly open to conquest, innovation, and social change....
Consuming propaganda can kill you. Consuming the wrong news can kill you. That’s the fundamental insight of...
Medieval people called it “the blue sickness”, “La pest” (the pestilence), and “the Great Mortality”. NOTE: Hover...
In medieval times natural phenomena, such as comets and eclipses, were regarded as portents of natural disasters,...
Historical amnesia and everyday privilege are what make it seem to some Christians that end prophecies are...
From ancient times different populations have adopted varying strategies to prevent and contain disease. By Dr. Gian...
The impact of the bubonic plague epidemics of the past still echoes across the centuries. Introduction The...