Rebecca Rego Barry

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San Francisco’s Plague Years

As officials spread disinformation, a deadly epidemic edged its way into the United States.

Exhuming the Flu

Remembering the Spanish flu 100 years later.

From Barbers and Butchers to Modern Surgeons

How Joseph Lister’s application of germ theory revolutionized surgery in the mid-19th century.