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Tales from the past

A look back at the history of medicine and health.

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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
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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
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Photo storiesEducationalCOVID-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
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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
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COVID-19Polio
@ WHO/Takeshi Takahara

100 years and counting of mask wearing in Japan

19 Feb 2021
4 min read
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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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