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Smallpox vaccination in 19th-century Finland: lessons from a vaccine mandate
February 19, 2023 February 2, 2023

Smallpox vaccination in 19th-century Finland: lessons from a vaccine mandate

In historical Finland, the vaccination law succeeded in improving smallpox vaccine uptake despite high hesitancy among the public.
Susanna Ukonaho – February 19, 2023
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Long run differences in mortality rates between Indigenous and white Australians 1788-2000
January 29, 2023 January 29, 2023

Long run differences in mortality rates between Indigenous and white Australians 1788-2000

The persistent lower-life expectancy of Indigenous Australians reflects contemporary social failures and the impact of a violent colonial past.
Martin Shanahan – January 29, 2023
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Medical progress and health inequality: penicillin in Italy
January 9, 2023 January 10, 2023

Medical progress and health inequality: penicillin in Italy

This post argues that the introduction of penicillin in post-war Italy led to lower levels of regional health inequality.
Grant Miller & Jurre Jochemsen – January 9, 2023
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Tea Drinking Curbed Mortality Rates in England
December 11, 2022 December 10, 2022

Tea Drinking Curbed Mortality Rates in England

The introduction of tea in 18th century England resulted in an increase in consumption of boiled water, thereby reducing mortality rates.
Francisca M. Antman – December 11, 2022
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Socioeconomic Health Inequalities are a Matter of Human Rights
November 20, 2022 November 19, 2022

Socioeconomic Health Inequalities are a Matter of Human Rights

Human rights are an authoritative moral and legal framework that can be used by governments to reduce socioeconomic health inequalities
Brigit Toebes – November 20, 2022
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Epidemic Disease and Indigenous Survival: Research Findings for Colonial Latin America
October 23, 2022 October 23, 2022

Epidemic Disease and Indigenous Survival: Research Findings for Colonial Latin America

Post-contact depopulation in the New World resulted from the introduction of epidemic diseases to which Indigenous peoples were defenceless.
W. George Lovell – October 23, 2022
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Poverty, Pollution, and Mortality: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in a Developing German Economy
September 25, 2022 September 25, 2022

Poverty, Pollution, and Mortality: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in a Developing German Economy

I analyze the health impact of the 1918 “Spanish Flu” in South-West Germany and the harmful effects of poverty and air pollution on mortality.
Richard Franke – September 25, 2022
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Seasonality in the Age of Pandemics, 1817-1920
July 10, 2022 July 10, 2022

Seasonality in the Age of Pandemics, 1817-1920

Asia particularly suffered from the cholera, plague and influenza pandemics between 1817 and 1920. This piece highlights the various ways in which ‘seasonality’ mattered in those three pandemics.
Chinmay Tumbe – July 10, 2022
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The 1918 flu pandemic left Spain a more unequal country
June 26, 2022 June 26, 2022

The 1918 flu pandemic left Spain a more unequal country

Pandemics are often considered “big levelers” events. We show that the Spanish Flu, one of the deadliest pandemics in history, doesn’t fit this narrative in Spain, which became more unequal.
Joan Roses & colleagues – June 26, 2022
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The virtual eradication of the plague. An unsolved riddle of health progress
March 27, 2022 March 27, 2022

The virtual eradication of the plague. An unsolved riddle of health progress

Both plague and smallpox used to exert a heavy death toll on society. We eradicated smallpox with a vaccine, but plague disappeared from most of human society for unknown reasons.
Boris V. Schmid – March 27, 2022
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