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Wendy Zukerman standing on stage holding microphone, wearing t-shirt that reads "science isn't here to make you feel better."

Predicting the Pandemic

Distillations Podcast
Mock-up photo of a cellphone displaying a QR code

COVID-19 Health Passports: What’s Old Is New Again

Distillations Article
Visit Philly Instagram post

Visit Philadelphia: History, Culture & Cocktails
Media Coverage
Nurse Linda Ruggiero poses for portrait wearing face mask.

COVID’s Hidden Toll on Nurses

Distillations Podcast
Sanitation workers in masks in front of a garbage truck

The Why: A Camera, a Mask, and 2020’s Most Enduring Image
Media Coverage
A nurse in a mask

UWISHUNU: The Top Things to Do in Philly This Week & Weekend, November 2–8
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Cows in a barn

The Washington Post: The Idea of Herd Immunity to Manage the Coronavirus Should Ring Alarm Bells
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Philadelphia Nurse Sara Cohen in her Personal Protective Equipment

Between Us and Catastrophe

Distillations Podcast
Bike delivery person in a mask

PhillyVoice: Photos of Essential Workers to Be Displayed by the Science History Institute
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A nurse in a mask

Between Us and Catastrophe
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A man in a mine, wearing breathing apparatus and holding a lantern, finds asphyxiated miners. Wood engraving, ca. 1900.

The Alchemical Origins of Occupational Medicine

Distillations Podcast
Painting of shipwreck in rough seas

Reginald Fessenden and the Invention of Sonar

Distillations Article
Photograph of an operation in a surgical amphitheater

The Nurse Who Introduced Gloves to the Operating Room

Distillations Article
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A Message from the Science History Institute about COVID-19
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Satirical cartoon on food adulteration from Puck magazine

Harvey Wiley’s Fierce Pursuit of Food Safety

Distillations Article
Jesse Gelsinger photo illustration

The Death of Jesse Gelsinger, 20 Years Later

Distillations Article
Jennifer Doudna at the 2018 Ullyot lecture

Interview: Jennifer Doudna

Distillations Article
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