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Sailors’ Health and National Wealth

That the federal government created this health care system for merchant mariners in the early American republic will surprise many.

by Gautham Rao via Commonplace on October 1, 2008

How the Bubonic Plague Almost Came to America

A Pompous Doctor, a Racist Bureaucracy, and More. From the book "Black Death at the Golden Gate".

by David K. Randall via Literary Hub on May 9, 2019

The Other Pandemic

In addition to COVID-19, another pandemic is preying upon the human spirit, nourished by a vulgar bigotry that has gone viral.

by Alan M. Kraut via HNN on April 12, 2020

Trump speech script with "Corona" crossed out and changed to "Chinese" Virus.

Stop Calling Covid-19 a Foreign Virus

Medical xenophobia has dangerous ramifications.

by Mark A. Goldberg via Made By History on March 26, 2020

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