The plague of loneliness (Vivek H. Murthy, Surgeon General of the United States)
Whither / wither the humanities in our social isolation?
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05, 2023
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25
10, 2022
Bubonic plague and genetic change (Michaeleen Doucleff, NPR)
How the second plague pandemic influenced the genome of its survivors.
6
04, 2020
Plague and pandemic, at a distance (James Hankins, Quillette)
Coping with disease at a distance during the time of plague.
4
10, 2016
The 17th-C. Plague in London: Now We Know (Nicole Staybridge, BBC)
The 17th-C. plague in London: now we know. How DNA (and Daniel Defoe) reveal the killer bacteria's identity in one of history's longest cold cases. From the article: Testing in Germany confirmed the presence of DNA from the Yersinia pestis bacterium - the agent that causes bubonic plague - rather than another pathogen. Some authors have previously questioned the [...]
25
05, 2023
Cancer in medieval Britain (University of Cambridge)
New research with scans suggests a higher incidence of cancer in medieval Britain.
19
12, 2022
Letter from Florence
Thoughts from the historical heart of the humanities.
26
07, 2022
Climate change in history (University of Glasgow, Phys.Org)
Adapting to shifts in climate in the 5th-C. Eastern Mediterranean.
30
06, 2022
Hunting the origins of the Black Death (Malu Cursino, BBC News)
Teeth from Central Asia suggest its first location.
6
04, 2022
Yet more fables for early spring
Life lessons in the breath of spring.
21
02, 2022
Humanities, arts, and medical training (Noel Gonzalez, FIU News)
A new program at FIU medical school integrates arts and humanities.