Vaccination
Vaccines: Two centuries of scepticism
Wariness and outright hostility to vaccines did not start with Covid-19, they date back to the 18th century when the first shots were given.
Aug 6, 2021
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Medical research
To prevent next pandemic, scientists say we must regulate air like food and water
Humans in the 21st century spend most of their time indoors, but the air we breathe inside buildings is not regulated to the same degree as the food we eat and the water we drink. A group of 39 researchers from 14 countries, ...
May 13, 2021
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Health
Wakey wakey: A history of alarm clocks and the mechanics of time
It's the time of year when we Australians start returning to our normal rhythms. The first beats of the day are often the dreaded beeps of the alarm clock or a digital symphony from a bedside phone.
Feb 1, 2021
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Scientists find medieval plague outbreaks picked up speed over 300 years
McMaster University researchers who analyzed thousands of documents covering a 300-year span of plague outbreaks in London, England, have estimated that the disease spread four times faster in the 17th century than it had ...
Oct 19, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Comparing COVID-19 to past world war efforts is premature—and presumptuous
The collective effort to fight the coronavirus pandemic has been called the defining moment of the 21st century, or this generation's Second World War.
Jul 13, 2020
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Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
A massive public health effort eradicated smallpox but scientists are still studying the deadly virus
Smallpox was a terrible scourge on humanity, killing hundreds of millions of people over the centuries. But its origin remains obscure. Egyptian mummies from 3,000 to 4,000 years ago, including that of Pharaoh Ramses V, have ...
Jun 24, 2020
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Contact tracing: how physicians used it 500 years ago to control the bubonic plague
Contact tracing has been remarkably successful at helping contain the COVID-19 pandemic in South Korea, Australia and Germany, as well as some smaller places. Using 21st-century systems of telecommunications and surveillance, ...
Jun 3, 2020
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Lessons from 4 other global pandemics throughout history
The course of human history has been shaped by infectious diseases, and the current crisis certainly won't be the last time.
Apr 17, 2020
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Medications
Chinchona bark is not a 'cure' for COVID-19 and it could seriously harm those who take it
Posts touting the curative effects of cinchona, or fever tree, bark have recently been circulating on social networks such as Instagram and Facebook. These posts promise a "natural" source of the prescription-only drug chloroquine.
Apr 6, 2020
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UK 'plague village' offers lesson for a country under lockdown
In the 17th century, residents in the remote English village of Eyam quarantined themselves to prevent the spread of bubonic plague. Most paid with their lives.
Mar 24, 2020
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