Tales from the past

A look back at the history of medicine and health.

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Louis Pasteur portrait – 5 French banknotes 1966

The age of modern vaccines: An Abridged History of Vaccines, Part 2

7 Apr 2021

9 min read

Educational COVID-19 Innovation

Vaccination; Dr Jenner performing his first vaccination. Credit: 17 Wellcome V0018142

Arriving at the First Vaccine: An Abridged History of Vaccination, Part 1

1 Apr 2021

6 min read

A woman washes her hands outside the Cholera treatment centre in Banadir hospital in Mogadishu, Somalia. Credit: Gavi/2017/Karel Prinsloo

What does water mean to the world?

31 Mar 2021

4 min read

Photo stories Educational COVID-19

Cholera epidemic in Europe: travellers from Switzerland en route for Italy being kept in quarantine. Illustration published London, 16 August 1884 – Illustration published London, 16 August 1884

A history of quarantine

11 Mar 2021

4 min read

Educational COVID-19

Image by No-longer-here from Pixabay

A little less hesitation, a little more action - Elvis and the polio vaccine

5 Mar 2021

5 min read

@ WHO/Takeshi Takahara

100 years and counting of mask wearing in Japan

19 Feb 2021

4 min read

Photo stories Educational COVID-19

Ali Maow Maalin - the world's last case of smallpox - worked as a health worker in Somalia in campaigning against another communicable diseases. Credit: WHO /Edna Adan Ismail

The world's last smallpox patient

10 Feb 2021

6 min read

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