A weekly check-up of gender, medicine, and history in the news

• A history of vaccinations.
• A brief history of animal death in space.
• The coolest historical gifs you will ever see.
• The really cool history of mountain biking.
• Is a little bit of Lithium good for our health?
• Who gets the royalty checks for Mein Kampf?
• A 19th-century guide to Philadelphia’s brothels.
• Debunking the origin story of the summer vacation.
• From punchcard to barcode: A supermarket history.
• The forgotten history of WWI’s female shell shock victims.
• Historian sues to gain access to police records of 1960s group.
• Saggy pants and the long history of “dangerous” street fashion.
• Government researcher fired after her 1980s activism revealed.
• 10 people who were erased from history. (See if you can find the linked Nursing Clio story).

*Today’s featured image is courtesy of Wellcome Images.