Aerial view of refineries and storage tanks, with plumes of black smoke rising from them

“Heroic Effort Beyond the Call of Duty”: Death Care Workers and the 1947 Texas City Disaster

Several white woman stand in a group holding round signs that say KEEP ABORTION LEGAL

“For Those on Both Sides”: An Interview with Mary Ziegler about Abortion and the Law in America

Postcard - drawing of a classical style three storey building with large columns all along the front, two levels of balconies stretching all along the front, and a grant marble staircase leading up to the 2nd floor entrance

The Children’s Nutrition and Dental Clinics of Mobile: Public Health, Volunteerism, and the Color Line during the Great Depression

A phone with the WhatsApp logo on the front. A hand is holding the phone and a thumb is poised as if about to begin texting.

Death, Distance, and the Digital World

A series of currencies, mostly from Pacific nations, taped together in a line.

Lieutenant Lowderback’s Short Snorter: A Flight Nurse’s Service and Souvenir in WWII

A list of global COVID-19 deaths lists the United States with 133,291 deaths and Brazil with 69,184 deaths.

To Let Die: COVID-19 and the Banalization of Evil

Sunday Morning Medicine

a cracked reddish tan plaster rendering of a face. The right eye seems to be filled with clay like a closed eyelid, the left is open, the mouth is just a few jagged holes, and there are two large holes in the left cheekbone

Plastered Skulls: What can a 10,000 year old tradition teach us about coping with death?

A British soldier holds three dogs which were trained to carry messages between the lines and command during World War I.

For the Sake of Humans: Animal Casualties and Medical Testing in Modern War

A handwritten diary is open to two pages.

“A keen vision and feeling of all ordinary life”: Pandemic Journaling in the History Classroom