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Polio: A Fearful Disease Nears Its End

By Paul Theerman, Associate Director, Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health Friday, October 24, is World Polio Day. Inaugurated a decade ago, the day is promoted by the World Health...

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The Cure for Panic: Ebola in Historical Perspective

This post is part of an exchange between “Books, Health, and History” at the New York Academy of Medicine and The Public’s Health, a blog of the Philadelphia Inquirer. By David Barnes, Associate...

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Cholera Comes to New York City

By Anne Garner, Curator, Center for the History of Medicine and Public Health In December, the Academy hosted the Commissioner’s Medical Grand Rounds Ebola: Past and Present panel discussion. In...

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