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The untold story of how America's Progressive-era war on smallpox sparked one of the great civil liberties battles of the twentieth century. At the turn of the last century, a powerful smallpox epidemic swept the United States from coast to coast. The age-old disease spread swiftly through an...

In the middle of the second century AD, Rome was at its prosperous and powerful apex. The emperor Marcus Aurelius reigned over a vast territory that stretched from Britain to Egypt. The Roman-made peace, or Pax Romana, seemed to be permanent. Then, apparently out of nowhere, a sudden sickness struck the legions and laid waste to cities, including Rome itself. This fast-spreading disease, known now as the Antonine plague, may have been history’s first pandemic. Soon after its arrival, the Empire began its downward trajectory toward decline and fall.

Country of Poxes is the story of land theft in North America through three diseases: syphilis, smallpox and tuberculosis. These infectious diseases reveal that medical care, widely considered a magnanimous cornerstone of the Canadian state, developed in lockstep with colonial control over Indigenous land and life.

M-Pox, formerly known as monkeypox, has emerged as a significant global health concern, with its roots tracing back to 1958 when it was first identified in monkeys used for research. Despite its name, M-Pox is primarily a zoonotic virus that can jump from animals to humans, with rodents and other small mammals being the primary reservoirs. The disease, caused by the monkeypox virus, belongs to the Orthopoxvirus genus, which also includes the variola virus, responsible for smallpox. Though M-Pox shares some similarities with smallpox, it is generally less severe, with a lower mortality rate. ...

Mpox is more than a virus; it's a story about the health of the LGBTQIA+ community - Listen nowWhat the Pox? Is the information and support I wish I had at my disposal when I was going through Mpox (Monkeypox). It's also a documentary investigation into the Mpox outbreak with science, stories and resources all shared without stigma or shame. Listen to understand:What we know about the virus, and how it spreadsWhy we feel shame and stigma about catching itWhat the parallels are with the HIV outbreak in the 80sWhy this sits in a bigger picture with conversations about queer sex and ...