This Intelligence Brief (available only to Patreon insiders) provides a quick overview of the newly declared Global Health Emergency and mpox.
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The global rise in temperatures is leading to a surge in familiar diseases. Experts attribute the spread of dengue fever outbreaks worldwide this year to climate change and mass population movements.
The World Health Organization reports significant outbreaks have been...
Growing up in a small town in the Bible Belt presented a different perspective of the AIDS and HIV crisis of the 1980s and 90s. It also presented plenty to reflect upon as a believer regarding what our posture...
Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics – Podcast Series – Part 7
We take for granted the giant leap humanity took over the course of the 20th century when it comes to healthcare and quality of life. In 1900 the...
This timeline of the World Health Organization and its history helps shine a light on the organization's purpose and achievements. I referenced this timeline in the recent podcast episode Eradicating Disease part of our ongoing podcast series Plagued: Humanity's History with...
Polio is an ancient disease but in the 20th-century, few plagues better captured the American spirit than polio did.
Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics – Podcast Series - Part 6
This is part 6 in our series on...
The Great Influenza, Spanish Flu, of 1918
Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics –
Podcast Series - Part 5
It is called the Spanish Flu, the Great Influenza, and the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918. It was the greatest...
This is a two-part episode in the series and it discusses living and dying before medical science came of age in human history.
Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics
Podcast Series - Part 3
In parts 3 and 4...
The Black Death
Plagued: Humanity’s History with Disease, Outbreaks, and Pandemics
Podcast Series - Part 2
The Black Death spread across the eastern hemisphere in the middle of the 14th century. It killed an estimated 50 million people in Europe. Sixty...
If you are curious about the history of disease and where today's coronavirus pandemic fits into that story then you will not want to miss this series!
