Societies and cultures that seem ossified and entrenched were suddenly open to conquest, innovation, and social change....
Disease
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...
For the grieving painter who lose his wife to the disease, art functioned as a kind of...
For many centuries explanations for disease were based not on science, but on religion, superstition, and myth....
Diseases have often influenced historical events, but they are neglected in the documentation of these events. Human...
The transition to use of diphtheria antitoxin to treat ill humans happened quickly. It’s hard to identify...
Between 1816 and 1923, the first six cholera pandemics occurred consecutively and continuously over time. Introduction Seven...
20,000 people, including Thomas Jefferson, George Washington, and much of the federal government fled the city to...
When Massachusetts was hit by Diptheria and Scarlett Fever at the same time. In 1736, scarlet fever...
Old English continued to be used a century after William’s victory at the Battle of Hastings. Even...
The plague’s social and cultural impact has been compared to that of the Black Death that devastated...
School systems realized that they couldn’t deal with the pandemic on their own. Introduction Much like what...
People have lived with infectious disease throughout the millennia, with culture and biology influencing each other. Introduction...
Community care is at the heart of Indigenous response. In Indian Country, there is a collective experience...
Deaths were justified by prevailing ideologies both in Westminster and among the British public. Chief Mato-tope of...
State and federal agencies are impeding tribes’ efforts to handle the pandemic themselves. The SARS-CoV-2 virus is...
Historical racial inequalities have made people of color more susceptible than whites to complications from COVID-19. By...
“We’re helping other nations with billions in aid, and the Navajo are still waiting on aid.” Remi...
Introduction The scientific work that led to the discovery of the causes of infections was possibly the...
Yellow fever ravaged Philadelphia in 1793. “A new order of things is rising in medicine, as well...
In Britain rabies was certainly known in 1000 CE and probably much earlier. Introduction On the 17th...
Eisenhower’s plan for controlling the flu epidemic at Camp Colt helped establish health care protocols later adopted...
Kircher’s investigation can be seen as an important early step to understanding contagion. This article, “Invisible Little...
The Plague ushered in a new understanding which found expression in movements such as the Protestant Reformation...
People reacted with hopeful cures and responses based on religious belief. Introduction The Black Death of 1347-1352...