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Jun 15, 2021
What Makes Injections Hard to Swallow?
An anthropological assessment of the differences between pills…
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Jan 22, 2021
The CDC Needs Social Science
Sickness is not just biological — it’s social. That’s why social…
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Apr 29, 2019
How Traditional Knowledge Opens Nature’s Medicine Cabinet
In Peru, the challenge of providing health…
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Feb 11, 2019
When Rare Diseases Aren’t So Rare
Having a strange and little-known condition is increasingly becoming…
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Jan 9, 2019
When Doctors Don’t Listen
An anthropologist with chronic Lyme disease has seen firsthand the perils of…
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Aug 2, 2018
Why Eradicating Polio Is More Complicated Than It Seems
Polio retains a foothold in Pakistan — and…
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