“We’re helping other nations with billions in aid, and the Navajo are still waiting on aid.” Remi...
Disease
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...
Leprosy and compulsory segregation were connected through the ‘colonial gaze’. Abstract This article is looking at colonial...
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...
When the 1918 influenza pandemic struck India, the death toll was highest among the poor. Introduction In...
People reacted with hopeful cures and responses based on religious belief. Introduction The Black Death of 1347-1352...
The Cutter Incident led in part to the development of a polio vaccine that was more dangerous....
This flu was different from others. It was especially brutal. By Jeffrey AndersonHistorian The Deaths Began The...
Introduction The coronavirus pandemic has created what feels like an unprecedented situation in the District: Schools are...
Incidents of polio increased to epidemic proportions after 1900. What was going on? Introduction Poliomyelitis (polio) is...
Using distance to avoid getting sick has deep evolutionary roots for humans and many other species. Social...
The plague, named the Black Death by later historians, had a devastating effect on the European population...
With no accurate knowledge about the disease and the way it was spread, what could be done...
The first definitive outbreak of plague was the Plague of Justinian as recorded by Procopius which killed...
The global spread of smallpox can be traced to the growth and spread of civilizations, exploration, and...
The parasites found within the 2,000-year-old-feces smeared on bamboo suggest more than commodities made the trip. By...
Stomach ulcers, herpes, ringworm and other tropical diseases may have all contributed to the Neanderthal demise. By...
Finding pockets of hope in the great flu pandemic. On September 12, 1918, Dr. Royal S. Copeland put the...
In 1495 an epidemic of a new and terrible disease broke out among the soldiers of Charles...
The Code of Hammurabi and writings from ancient Greeks mention this “lung wasting” disease and their treatments...
Disease-bearing mice from lower Egypt reached the harbor town of Pelusium in 540 CE. By Thomas H....
COVID-19 is not the first – nor likely the last – to emerge from the two continents....
The toll of history’s worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World...
Looking at quarantine use — and abuse — over the ages. China is building a quarantine center...
The masks were designed to protect them from putrid air, which was seen as the cause of...
Medieval society was compelled to adapt to the presence of the chronically ill. Conventional narratives tell us...