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Listening to Women Nurses and Caretakers
A case study from the smallpox epidemic among North Carolina Moravians.
by
Savannah Jane Flanagan
via
Nursing Clio
on
July 3, 2024
How Far Back Were Africans Inoculating Against Smallpox? Really Far Back.
When I looked at the archives, I found a history hidden in plain sight.
by
Elise A. Mitchell
via
Slate
on
September 4, 2023
At the Start of the Spread
The march toward revolution in America coincided with a smallpox epidemic. True freedom now meant freedom from disease as well.
by
Mark G. Spencer
via
The Wall Street Journal
on
January 4, 2023
Never Forget That Early Vaccines Came From Testing on Enslaved People
The practice of vaccination in the U.S. cannot be divorced from the history of slavery.
by
Jim Downs
via
STAT
on
June 19, 2022
partner
Aaron Rodgers Isn’t the First Big-Name Wisconsin Anti-Vaccine Voice
But the media is treating him differently than it treated Matthew Joseph Rodermund more than a century ago.
by
Janet Golden
via
Made By History
on
November 12, 2021
The Long History of Mandated Vaccines in the United States
Vaccines against smallpox during the Revolutionary War are one example of how mandates have protected the health of Americans for more than two centuries.
by
Lindsay M. Chervinsky
via
Governing
on
August 5, 2021
Benjamin Franklin's Fight Against a Deadly Virus
Colonial America was divided over smallpox inoculation, but he championed science to skeptic.
by
Mark Canada
,
Christian Chauret
via
The Conversation
on
July 1, 2021
This Pandemic Isn’t Over
The smallpox epidemic of the 1860s offers us a valuable, if disconcerting, clue about how epidemics actually end.
by
Jim Downs
via
The Atlantic
on
June 9, 2021
partner
Paying People to Get Vaccines is an Old Idea Whose Time Has Come Again
While smallpox was ravaging late 18th century Britain, John Haygarth thought up of a plan to pay people for public health compliance.
by
Margaret DeLacy
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HNN
on
June 6, 2021
The U.S. Has Had 'Vaccine Passports' Before—And They Worked
History shows that the benefits of such a system can extend far beyond the venues into which such a passport would grant admission .
by
Jordan E. Taylor
via
TIME
on
April 5, 2021
partner
Having Vaccines Alone Isn’t Enough to Defeat Covid-19
Distributing them equally is key to defeating the coronavirus.
by
Joyce Chaplin
via
Made By History
on
February 23, 2021
The Smallpox-Fighting “Virus Squads” That Stormed Tenements in the Middle of the Night
In the 1800s, they helped lay the groundwork for the anti-vaccine movement.
by
Rebecca Onion
,
Michael Willrich
via
Slate
on
February 9, 2021
partner
Early Americans Knew Better Than President Trump How To Prioritize Health
A public uprising forced Boston to prioritize fighting smallpox over the economy in 1792.
by
Andrew Wehrman
via
Made By History
on
July 17, 2020
This "Miserable African": Race, Crime, and Disease in Colonial Boston
The murder that challenged Cotton Mather’s complex views about race, slavery, and Christianity.
by
Mark S. Weiner
via
Commonplace
on
July 13, 2020
The Slave Who Helped Boston Battle Smallpox
Like so many black scientists past, the African who brought inoculation to the American colonies never got his due.
by
Lashyra Nolen
via
UnDark
on
April 2, 2020
The History of Smallpox Shows Us Nationalism Can’t Beat a Pandemic
“America First” is a fairly useless strategy in the quest for a COVID-19 vaccine.
by
Charles Kenny
via
Slate
on
March 31, 2020
partner
Coronavirus: Lessons From Past Epidemics
Dr. Larry Brilliant, who helped eradicate smallpox, says past epidemics can teach us to fight coronavirus.
via
Retro Report
on
March 19, 2020
How The 'Pox' Epidemic Changed Vaccination Rules
During the 1898-1904 pox epidemic, public health officials and policemen forced thousands of Americans to be vaccinated against their will.
by
Fresh Air
via
NPR
on
April 5, 2011
Pox on Your Narrative: Writing Disease Control into Cold War History
How does the global effort to eradicate smallpox fit into the history of U.S.-Soviet relations?
by
Erez Manela
via
Diplomatic History
on
March 5, 2010
partner
The Origins of the Anti-Vaccination Movement
Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.'s nomination to lead HHS reflects the rising power of an anti-vaccination movement more than 100 years in the making.
by
Helen L. Murphy
via
Made By History
on
January 29, 2025
George Washington in Barbados?
How the Caribbean colony contributed to America's fight for independence.
by
Erica Johnson Edwards
via
Age of Revolutions
on
January 30, 2023
Building Blocks
An exhibition exploring the connections between the environment and social justice, using maps and visual materials.
by
Laura Lee Schmidt
via
Norman B. Leventhal Map & Education Center
on
January 13, 2023
partner
Two Opposing Approaches To Public Health May Be on the Ballot in 2024
Governors Ron DeSantis and Gretchen Whitmer took opposite approaches to covid in swing states — but each sailed to reelection.
by
Andrew Wehrman
via
Made By History
on
December 5, 2022
The Deep Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy
Understanding the battle over immunization—from the pre-Victorian era onward—between public health and the people may help in treating anti-vax sentiment.
by
Mark Honigsbaum
via
New York Review of Books
on
December 14, 2021
“We Left All on the Ground but the Head”: J. J. Audubon’s Human Skulls
Morton and his skull measurements have long been part of the scholarship on American racism, but what happens when we draw Audubon into the racial drama?
by
Ann Fabian
via
Commonplace
on
November 12, 2021
'I Long Regretted Bitterly, and Still Regret That I Had Not Given It To Him'
Benjamin Franklin's writing about losing his son to smallpox is a must-read for parents weighing COVID-19 vaccines today.
by
Olivia B. Waxman
via
TIME
on
November 2, 2021
The Surprisingly Strong Supreme Court Precedent Supporting Vaccine Mandates
In 1905, the high court made a fateful ruling with eerie parallels to today: One person’s liberty can’t trump everyone else’s.
by
Joel Lau
,
Peter S. Canellos
via
Politico Magazine
on
September 8, 2021
partner
The U.S. and Russia Could Join Forces to Get People Vaccinated. They Did Before.
The forgotten history of Soviet-American vaccine diplomacy.
by
Yana Demeshko
,
Ruth Gabor
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Ivan Grek
,
Kristen Ho
via
Made By History
on
September 1, 2021
Vaccine Mandates Are as American as Apple Pie
Those who claim that vaccine resistance is an expression of liberty are historically illiterate.
by
Matt Ford
via
The New Republic
on
July 30, 2021
partner
Black Americans Have Always Understood Science as a Tool in Their Freedom Struggle
Fixating on Black vaccine skepticism obscures a rich history of Black medical and scientific innovation.
by
Eric Herschthal
via
Made By History
on
May 18, 2021
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