Medicine & Disease

Should the finger of blame be pointed at the marmot for the global spread of the plague?  

When widespread vaccination was introduced there were objections – some justified, some not. 

Despite her fragile health and the chauvinism of the time, Susan Anderson brought compassion and competence to the medical profession in a still wild West. 

A search for the first doctor.

Are we adequately prepared for the toll this pandemic will take on mental health? 

Cures and treatments have always offered potential riches to their inventors. But how was one supposed to know what worked and what didn’t? 

The global crisis wrought by the First World War prompted the birth of free mental health care.

The long-awaited christening of Prince Edward was tempered by the plague.

As human populations expand and their exploitation of the globe increases, so does their vulnerability to certain diseases.