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The Next Pandemic? A Scenario.
It began with a chimpanzee-trekking tour of a remote forest in Uganda and ended with the outbreak of a deadly new disease. And all because of health…
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Hate and the dangers of empathy
Whether or not the British rapper Bobby Vylan's call for"death to the IDF" at Glastonbury constituted hate speech, the crowd's reflexive adoption of his…
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Displaying AIDS, Remembering pandemics.
The UK AIDS Quilt is the nearest thing we have to a memorial to the pandemic. All the more pity then that after a rare appearance at Tate Modern it has…
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Where did Covid-19 come from? The case for a natural origin.
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Reign of Silence
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Vaccine hesitancy and the limits of empiricism
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Who is the real RFK Jr?
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How I accidentally got magic mushrooms banned – and why I’ll never forgive myself.
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Drinking the waters of Lethe
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The Empathy Wars
How did we become so divided? For an answer, look no further than the way that empathy has been weaponized by both the left and right.
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The Republic of Tears
What happens when grief goes viral? A pandemic story for our sad times.
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Where did Covid-19 come from? The case for a natural origin.
Forget talk of "the China virus" and a "lab leak". Bats and the trade in wild animals are a far more likely source of the coronavirus pandemic.
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The Long Shadow of Covid-19
This weekend saw moving ceremonies to the Covid dead taking place at sites across the UK. But how should we remember a pandemic that is far from over…
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Killing science, resurrecting viruses
Trump's decision to dismiss 1,200 employees of the National Institutes of Health will undermine scientists's ability to conduct cutting-edge research…
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Make America Toothless Again
Robert F. Kennedy Jr's confirmation as health secretary is a dark day for America, and for public health generally. The question is, how far will the…
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Who is the real RFK Jr?
Time magazine once dubbed RFK Jr a "hero for the planet" in recognition of his achievements as an environmental campaigner but others regard him as a…
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Going Viral
Going Viral
The history, science and culture of infectious disease. Plus, a little politics and poetry.
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