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Medicare for All in the Age of Coronavirus
A history of U.S. health care debates.
by
Nancy Tomes
via
Perspectives on History
on
April 24, 2020
“Destroyer and Teacher”: Managing the Masses During the 1918–1919 Influenza Pandemic
Revisiting the public health lessons learned during the 1918–1919 pandemic and reflecting on their relevance for the present.
by
Nancy Tomes
via
PubMed Central
on
April 1, 2010
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