vaccination

Critiques of vaccine mandates continue a neoliberal tradition of idolizing private choice at the expense of the public good.

Enacting vaccination mandates demands political give and take.

The psychological forces driving “red COVID” have deep historical roots.

As anti-vax plaintiffs seek faith-based exemptions, the judicial system will renew its struggle to determine what beliefs are truly “sincerely held.”

With all organized religions supporting vaccination, states may question the sincerity of those claiming exemptions from getting vaccinated.

In 1905, the high court made a fateful ruling with eerie parallels to today: One person’s liberty can’t trump everyone else’s.

We have no historical precedent for this moment.

How medical humanitarianism helped facilitate exploitation of Africa.

As Progressive Era reforms increased the power of government, organized opposition to vaccination campaigns took on a new life.

Patent medicine used to be associated with fraud and profiteering. What shifted the industry's positions on medical ethics and intellectual property?

The U.S. needs another innovation dream team.

Fixating on Black vaccine skepticism obscures a rich history of Black medical and scientific innovation.

Until the Covid-19 pandemic, the catastrophe of the Spanish flu had been dropped from American memory.

Vaccination is of critical importance right now. History shows us that our problems are nothing new.

It's the health inequities of today, not the infamous "Tuskegee Study," that explain many Black people's distrust of the American health system.

At the first hint the virus was receding, people pushed to get life back to normal. Unfortunately another surge of the disease followed.

The coronavirus pandemic has highlighted racial disparities with roots in the past.

Pandemics can only be contained through organized collaboration and cooperative diplomacy.

The Trump administration reportedly could be taking us down a dangerous path.

Racism in medicine, including through forced vaccinations, has created skepticism toward public health campaigns.