Health Checks on History
Ming YangHistory’s outbreaks, policies and turning points in public health - and the lessons they keep teaching us.
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These statues didn’t end a civilisation
Historical photograph of the Moai statues at Rano Raraku, c.1914-15.
There’s something quite fascinating about the giant Moai statues in Easter Island (Polynesian name Rapa Nui). They have attracted some extravagant theories for how they...
Why the MMR scare outlived evidence
This is the last post from my five-part series, Anti-Vaccine Movements Through the Centuries. It explores the Wakefield MMR-autism scandal and the broader modern anti-vaccination movement. This post won’t touch upon ways of tackling vaccine...
Two sides of vaccine safety
This is the 4th post from my five-part series, Anti-Vaccine Movements Through the Centuries. It explores the history of the post-war Cutter Incident and the DTP vaccine scare, which provided the foundations for the modern anti-vaccination m...
Africa's vaccine mistrust has colonial roots
This is the 3rd post from my five-part series, Anti-Vaccine Movements Through the Centuries. It explores the history of smallpox and yellow-fever vaccination campaigns in Africa (particularly French West Africa) and the context behind vacci...
The vaccine revolt that nearly toppled Rio
This is the 2nd post from my five-part series, Anti-Vaccine Movements Through the Centuries. It explores the causes and context behind the 1904 Vaccine Revolt in Rio de Janeiro. All views are my own, independent from my occupation.
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I’m an editor at Nature Medicine, working in epidemiology, public and global health. I write here to explore how history shapes the way we think about health today. Views are my own.
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