In the fall of 1918, seven young people were photographed wearing masks lined up near a railroad track in Mill […]
![A group of people standing outdoors wearing masks over their mouths. This was probably during the Spanish Flu epidemic of 1918. One of the women has a sign in front of her reading 'Wear a mask or go to jail."](https://i0.wp.com/nursingclio.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Locust-Avenue-Masks-On-Photograph-Large.jpeg?fit=640%2C394&ssl=1)
In the fall of 1918, seven young people were photographed wearing masks lined up near a railroad track in Mill […]
In the United States and around the world, public health has taken center stage in recent years to investigate how […]
Anacleto Palabay, a young Filipino domestic worker in Washington, D.C., was intent on returning home to the Philippines. His soon-to-be […]
At the mouth of the Umgeni River in Durban, South Africa, sits a small patch of mangrove trees. Birds flit […]
“Here is public health’s bind,” wrote science journalist Ed Yong recently in The Atlantic: “Though it is so fundamental that […]
In 1930, Delhi’s residents were sorely in need of a new hospital. The city’s population had ballooned by more than […]
COVID-19 isn’t going anywhere. Months into the global pandemic, when many parts of the world have entered a second wave […]
Communication about the causes, effects, and prevention of COVID-19 is plentiful in the United States. Press briefings and congressional testimony […]
Since the initial descriptions of cases of a novel coronavirus in Wuhan, there has been a persistent focus on “wet […]
In these scary times, many of us find comfort in watching Dr. Anthony Fauci on TV. I like seeing Dr. […]