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Philadelphia Threw a WWI Parade That Gave Thousands of Onlookers the Flu

The city sought to sell bonds to pay for the war effort, while bringing its citizens together during the infamous pandemic
by Kenneth C. Davis via Smithsonian on September 21, 2018
New York City sidewalk in the 1880s.

What I Assume the Eighteen-Eighties Were Like

Locomotives. Not trains. Locomotives.
by Seth Reiss via The New Yorker on September 12, 2018

The Deadly Toxin Outbreak That Spurred America's Food Safety System

To prevent botulism in tinned goods, scientists and canners worked with the government to protect the public.
by Anna Zeide via Zócalo Public Square on August 3, 2018

If You Smell Something, Say Something

City dwellers of the 19th century were dogged by a foul terror: miasma.
by Conevery Bolton Valencius via Distillations on July 31, 2018

Colonialism Did Not Just Create Slavery: It Changed Geology

Researchers suggest effects of the Colonial Era can be detected in rocks or even air.
by Robin McKie via The Guardian on June 10, 2018

A Forgotten War on Women

Scott W. Stern’s book documents a decades-long program to incarcerate “promiscuous” women.
by Kim Kelly via The New Republic on May 22, 2018
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The Greatest American Historian You've Never Heard Of

An appreciation of Alfred Crosby, who coined the term "Columbian exchange."
by Benjamin Breen on April 12, 2018

How The Sacrifices of Black Civil War Troops Advanced Medicine

A new museum exhibit in Philadelphia showcases the first public health record of African Americans.
by Ilene Raymond Rush via Philly.com on March 21, 2018
Mug shot of 18-year-old Lucille Crouse.

Kansas Locked Up More Than 5,000 Women and Girls for Having STDs

“The law itself was very, very broad.”
by Aaron Barnhart via Timeline on March 1, 2018

Take a Hay Ride: Remembering Louise Hay

Did the bestselling self-help author do more harm than good for early patients with AIDS?
by Sarah Swedberg via Nursing Clio on January 16, 2018
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Snails, Hedgehog Heads and Stale Beer

A peek inside premodern cookbooks.
by Benjamin Breen on December 15, 2017

It's Against The Law for Employers To Make You Sick. Thank The 'Radium Girls' For That

100 years ago, factory workers fought to hold companies accountable for their radium poisoning.
by David Brancaccio, Katie Long via Marketplace on November 28, 2017

The 19th-Century Swill Milk Scandal That Poisoned Infants With Whiskey Runoff

Vendors hawked the swill as “Pure Country Milk.”
by Tyler Moss via Atlas Obscura on November 27, 2017

Dog Poo, an Environmental Tragedy

When industrial fertilizer replaced dung heaps, its spoils helped fund the spread of plastics.
by T. Hugh Crawford via The Atlantic on November 26, 2017

The Last of the Iron Lungs

A visit with three of the last polio survivors in the U.S. who still depend on iron lungs.
by Jennings Brown via Gizmodo on November 20, 2017

Fleas, Fleas, Fleas

A reflection on the role of parasites in early American history.
by Sarah Swedberg via Nursing Clio on November 14, 2017

How the Horrific 1918 Flu Spread Across America

The toll of history’s worst epidemic surpasses all the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. And it may have begun in the United States.
by John M. Barry via Smithsonian on October 25, 2017

For New Mexico Families, Connecting the Dots of an Ancestral Disease

A genetic mutation in some New Mexico communities can be traced to a common ancestor who came to the area more than 400 years ago.
by Sara Van Note via UnDark on October 10, 2017

Why Are You Not Dead Yet?

Life expectancy doubled in the past 150 years. Here’s why.
by Laura Helmuth via Slate on September 5, 2017

Ancient History of Lyme Disease in North America Revealed with Bacterial Genomes

It turns out that deforestation and suburbanization – not evolution – are to blame for the tick-borne epidemic.
by Elizabeth Ann Reitman via Yale School of Public Health on August 28, 2017

The Cook who Became a Pariah

New York, 1907. Mary Mallon spreads infection, unaware that her name will one day become synonymous with typhoid.
by Anna Faherty via Wellcome Collection on June 29, 2017

Patterns Of Death In The South Still Show The Outlines Of Slavery

Blacks continue to die younger than people in other groups in the Black Belt.
by Anna Maria Barry-Jester via FiveThirtyEight on April 20, 2017
A New Orleans parade, with confetti falling on the heads of men dancing in suits.

Sundays in the Streets

The long history of benevolence, self-help, and parades in New Orleans.
by Leslie Parr via Southern Cultures on December 16, 2016

Mapping a Demon Malady: Cholera Maps and Affect in 1832

Cholera maps chart the movement of the disease, and the terror that accompanied it.
by Sarah Schuetze via Commonplace on September 25, 2016
An 1878 illustration from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper, depicting hungry citizens in Memphis.

The Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1878

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Samantha Gibson via Digital Public Library of America on April 7, 2016
A child in an iron lung, used to treat polio patients, aided by a nurse, 1940s.

There is No Cure for Polio

A primary source set and teaching guide created by educators.
by Melissa Jacobs via Digital Public Library of America on April 7, 2016
Sign reading "Is your child vaccinated?"
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Contagion

How prior generations of Americans responded to the threat of infectious disease.
via BackStory on February 19, 2016
Entry in Theodore Roosevelt's diary with an "X" from the day his wife died.

Theodore Roosevelt & Valentine’s Day

How Theodore's Roosevelt's personal tragedies inspired him to reform America's cities.
by Heather Cox Richardson via We're History on February 14, 2016

Public Health and the Dead at Johnstown

How do we humanely bury the dead after a disaster?
by Vicki Daniel via Nursing Clio on December 2, 2015
A diagram of vaccination rates across the 50 states.

Battling Infectious Diseases in the 20th Century: The Impact of Vaccines

The number of infected people, measured over 70-some years and across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, declined after vaccines were introduced.
by Tynan DeBold, Dov Friedman via The Wall Street Journal on February 11, 2015
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