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- Article
Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
| Mark Honigsbaum
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
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The stranger who started an epidemic
| Anna Faherty
New Orleans, 1853. James McGuigan arrives in the port city and succumbs to yellow fever.
- Long read
- Long read
Healthy scepticism
| Caitjan GaintyAgnes Arnold-ForsterPaul AddaeFranklyn Rodgers
Healthcare sceptics – like those opposed to Covid-19 vaccinations – often have serious, nuanced reasons for doubting medical authorities.
- Long read
- Long read
Rehab centres and the ‘cure’ for addiction
| Guy StaggJess Nash
Guy Stagg takes us on a brief history of rehab centres and their approaches to addiction and recovery.