Stories
- Article
Illness and the influence of the stars
Could alien germs from space have caused major pandemics across the world? Taras Young investigates the ideas of a few unconventional scientists who believe this to be the case.
- Book extract
The science of why things spread
From deadly pandemics to viral tweets, Adam Kucharski explores what makes something contagious.
- Article
Coronavirus, Crohn’s and me
Clinically vulnerable to COVID-19, Lucia Osborne-Crowley has been shut in her flat for months. With her chronic condition transformed into a life-threatening one, she explores what the pandemic is revealing about living with long-term illness.
- Article
My mother, and metaphors of a pandemic
A pandemic. Two members of one family, living thousands of miles apart. And months of calls and messages that helped them grow closer.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
Viruses and Virus Diseases
Date: c.1930s-1970sReference: PP/RBS/C.114Part of: Scott, Sir Ronald Bodley (1906-1982)- Archives and manuscripts
'WMMS, Endsleigh Gardens, Section on Virus Diseases'
Date: c.1947Reference: WA/PHO/Kel/B.4/1Part of: Photographs- Archives and manuscripts
WHO Scientific Group on Virus Diseases, Geneva, 1-5 Sept 1975: Agenda items
Date: 1975Reference: PP/TYR/B/2/3Part of: Tyrrell, David (1925-2005)- Archives and manuscripts
WHO Scientific Group on Virus Diseases, Geneva, 1-5 Sept 1975: Draft agenda items
Date: 1975Reference: PP/TYR/B/2/2Part of: Tyrrell, David (1925-2005)- Books
Virus diseases of man / Richard Bieling and Heinrich Heinlein.
Bieling, R. (Richard), 1888-1967.Date: 1947