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The Green Death
Today, parakeets are a common sight in public parks. But in 1930 the birds sparked a worldwide panic when it was discovered their faeces contained a…
Aug 17
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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…
May 11
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Mark Honigsbaum
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Hate and the limits 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…
Jul 1
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Mark Honigsbaum
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Where did Covid-19 come from? The case for a natural origin.
Apr 27
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The Next Pandemic? A Scenario.
May 11
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The Empathy Wars
Jun 14
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Displaying AIDS, Remembering pandemics.
Jun 17
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Mark Honigsbaum
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Hate and the limits of empathy
Jul 1
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Mark Honigsbaum
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Reign of Silence
Sep 15, 2022
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Mark Honigsbaum
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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…
Jun 17
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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.
Jun 14
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The Republic of Tears
What happens when grief goes viral? A pandemic story for our sad times.
Jun 1
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Mark Honigsbaum
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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.
Apr 27
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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…
Mar 11
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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…
Feb 19
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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…
Feb 14
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