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18th century mythological painting of Greek goddess Eos and Tithonus

Chasing Immortality

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Vampire preys on a sick woman

Vampire Panic

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Photo of Stephane Bancel

Interview with Stéphane Bancel

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Cartoon of group of men dissecting bodies in an attic

The Anatomy Riots

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Doctors perform ancient neurosurgery

When a Hole in the Head Is a Good Thing

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Drawing of an anopheles mosquito

When Mosquitoes Cured Insanity

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Physician inoculates boy with smallpox vaccine aboard ship

Orphan Vaccines

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Portrait of James Barry

How History Keeps Ignoring James Barry

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Engraving showing tableau of injected vessel and infant skeletons by Frederick Ruysch,

Collecting Monstrosity

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Photo of Magda Marquet posing

Interview with Magda Marquet

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Robert Langer working on a bed at home while wearing a mask

Interview with Robert Langer

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Mark Stevenson of Thermo Fisher Scientific

Interview with Mark Stevenson

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Alnylam CEO John Maraganore

Interview with John Maraganore

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Photo of Katrine Bosley

Interview with Katrine Bosley

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William Haseltine on a stage

Interview with William Haseltine

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Susan Weiss headshot

Interview with Susan Weiss

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Photo of Susan Desmond-Hellmann at the Fortune Most Powerful Women

Interview with Sue Desmond-Hellmann

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Former Gilead CEO John C. Martin holds bottle of Truvada

Interview with John C. Martin

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Photo from 1918 showing Philadelphia streetcar with sign reading "Spit spreads death"

Spit Spreads Death

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Color image of cancer cell

Who Needs a Mammogram?

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Rubella (German Measles) vaccination clinic in 1969

Roe v. Wade v. Rubella

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Distilled #2: An Early (Gold-Plated!) Not-Quite-IUD

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Women’s Work

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