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Cars and buildings sink into the fault line of the Alaska earthquake.

In a Disaster, Humans Can Behave … Pretty Well, Actually

In his new book, Jon Mooallem tells the story of the Great Alaska Earthquake and Genie Chance, the woman whose voice on the radio held everyone together.

by Jon Mooallem, Sarah Fallon via Wired on March 19, 2020

Rahima Banu

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 1957 Flu Pandemic Was Stopped Early in Its Path

Dr. Maurice Hilleman caught the 1957 flu when even the military and WHO couldn't.

by Becky Little via HISTORY on March 18, 2020

Keep it Clean: The Surprising 130-Year History of Handwashing

Until the mid-1800s, doctors didn’t bother washing their hands. Then a Hungarian medic made an essential, much-resisted breakthrough.

by Amy Fleming via The Guardian on March 18, 2020

COVID-19 in History

Living through a momentus time has prompted many reflections on what the past has to teach us about why the pandemic took the shape that it did – and how we can better respond to it.

Minskoff Theatre entrance.

Shakespeare Wrote His Best Works During a Plague

The qualities for which live theater is celebrated—audiences responding with laughter, tears, gasps, and coughs—accelerate its danger.

by Daniel Pollack-Pelzner via The Atlantic on March 14, 2020

Broadside with information about tuberculosis.

This Isn’t the First Time Liberals Thought Disease Would Make the Case for Universal Health Care

Lessons from a century ago.

by Beatrix Hoffman, Rebecca Onion via Slate on March 13, 2020

When Was Toilet Paper Invented and What Did People Use Before?

As coronavirus becomes an ever-increasing threat to our lives, there seems to be one thing that people around the world cannot go without the most.

by Jonny Wilkes via History Extra on March 12, 2020

Medical professionals confer at the entrance to a hospital emergency room.

Doctors and Hospitals Are Struggling Financially in a Pandemic. Here’s Why.

Procedures drive the bottom line in our medical system.

by Mical Raz via Made By History on March 11, 2020

How the Senate Paved the Way for Coronavirus Profiteering, and How Congress Could Undo It

Bernie Sanders pushed a measure through the House to require drugs funded by public research funds to be sold at a reasonable cost. The Senate shot it down.

by Ryan Grim, Aída Chávez via The Intercept on March 2, 2020

The Long History of the Hand-Washing Gender Gap

Women are slightly better at hand-washing than men. Here’s one theory for why.

by Rebecca Onion via Slate on February 15, 2020

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