Mark Honigsbaum

Mark Honigsbaum is a medical historian and the author of five books, including The Fever Trail: In Search of the Cure for Malaria (2002), Living With Enza: The Forgotten Story of Britain and the Great Flu Pandemic of 1918 (2009), and, most recently, The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris (2019; 2020).

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The Deep Roots of Vaccine Hesitancy

Understanding the battle over immunization—from the pre-Victorian era onward—between public health and the people may help in treating anti-vax sentiment.

December 14, 2021

‘A Once-in-a-Century Pathogen’

A little over one hundred years ago, a novel virus emerged from an unknown animal reservoir and seeded itself silently in settlements around the world.

March 17, 2020

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