The Hidden U.S. Experiments in Guatemala
This piece is part of Process‘s series on U.S. intervention in Latin America. If you…
Browsing: Medicine
Hesitancy against Hope: Reactions to the First Polio Vaccine
Looking back on the COVID-19 pandemic, we reflect on the importance of the vaccine and…
The Histories of Epidemics in the United States
To assist teachers who are working to historicize the COVID-19 pandemic and to offer our…
Histories of Abortion in the United States
The Journal of American History compiled the following index for readers who would like to learn…
The Histories of Epidemics in the United States
Over the past year, the COVID-19 pandemic has transformed daily life in the United States.…
On Heartbeats, Abolitionists, and Abortion Bans
When Georgia, Alabama, and Missouri passed their restrictive abortion laws this month, many were outraged.…
Histories of Abortion in the United States
The Journal of American History has compiled the following index for readers who would like to learn more about…
Football and Opiates in America Unraveling Dense Histories
In 2016, five years after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) declared opiate-related…
Snake Oil Revisited: Household Medicine and the Condescension of Posterity
The best-remembered snake oil salesman, Clark Stanley, handled live snakes in a turn-of-the-century medicine show.…