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Epidemic threats and racist legacies
Epidemiology is the systematic, data-driven study of health and disease in populations. But as historian Jacob Steere-Williams suggests, this most scientific of fields emerged in the 19th century imbued with a doctrine of Western imperialism – a legacy that continues to influence how we talk about disease.
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Fake news and the flu
Discover how history shows that fake news could play a deadly role – by generating potentially lethal misinformation during a future pandemic.
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Memorandum, 1925, and report, 1927, re cholera and anti-cholera vaccine, by A.J.H. Russell, Director of Public Health, Madras Presidency
Date: 1925, 1927Reference: RAMC/2063/13Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
MS notes (by Margaret Pittman) from meeting on `Cholera Vaccine' (copy)
Date: 30 Jan 1959Reference: GC/209/J/1Part of: Cholera Research Laboratory, Dacca- Archives and manuscripts
`Actions of the World Health Organization Concerning Cholera Vaccine'
Date: Jan 1959Reference: GC/209/E/5Part of: Cholera Research Laboratory, Dacca- Archives and manuscripts
Cholera Bilivaccin and Anti-Cholera Vaccine: A Comparative Field Test by Lt-Col A.J.H. Russell, Director of Public Health, Madras Presidency
Date: 1927Reference: RAMC/2063/13/2Part of: Royal Army Medical Corps Muniments Collection- Archives and manuscripts
USIS (United States Information Service) Special Release `Cholera Vaccine on Way to Egypt. US Navy Plane Leaves with First Load of Navy-Red Cross Supply. Vaccine, Serums Sent as Gift of US'
Date: Sep 1947Reference: GC/209/E/2Part of: Cholera Research Laboratory, Dacca