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public health history
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The Forgotten Origin: Why Gonorrhea Is Called The Clap
By the 15th century, European cities were in the grip of a venereal panic. Syphilis, the "Great Pox," had swept through armies and brothels, leaving victims...
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Yellow Fever’s Deadly Arrival: When Did It Start in the US?
The disease’s arrival wasn’t random. Mosquitoes carrying the virus, Aedes aegypti , hitched rides on ships from West Africa and the Caribbean, but the real...