Medical and Scientific Responses

The entries compiled here examine the medical community's efforts to cure and contain infectious diseases that have reached epidemic and pandemic proportions, beginning with the sixth century. The authors showcase the contributions of individuals and institutions in the fight against disease outbreaks from The Plague to COVID-19.
Medical and Scientific Responses: Past Pandemics and Epidemics
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“Bibliography of Historians’ Responses to COVID-19” includes commentary and publications by historians in both scholarly and popular periodical literature; recorded interviews and webcasts; and digitized primary source materials from past epidemics and pandemics. If you have an article, op-ed, interview, etc. that you think should be included in the bibliography please fill out this form to submit a reference.