Breaking down pandemic fact and fiction with historian Graham Mooney
We spoke to a historian to uncover the fact and fiction of historic outbreaks. Read Story
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The History of Quarantine and Resistance to Public Health Measures
The history of quarantines goes back seven hundred years and has taken different forms, but quarantines and other measures to prevent the spread of infectious diseases have at sometimes been vigorously resisted by the people… Read Story
How racism shaped the public health response to the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic
It was October 15, 1918 and Los Angeles was in the thick of the fight against the Spanish flu. Patients were dying at numbers much higher than earlier that spring. At the Los Angeles County… Read Story
What the 1916 NYC Polio epidemic can tell us about COVID-19
More than a century ago, a different virus was keeping some New York City residents indoors. What can this past outbreak tell us today?… Read Story
Obey the laws, and wear the gauze: a glance at mask-wearing in the US
The United States has been slow to adopt the use of masks for medical reasons. Let's take a closer look. Read Story