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21
May

Teatime for the Pandemic

By Sarah Besky, author of Tasting Qualities: The Past and Future of Tea, posted in honor of International Tea Day. Pandemic reporting is peppered with human interest stories of toilet paper hoarding …

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06
May

The West Atlantic Pandemic

It has been well understood for some time now that COVID-19 and its ensuing global pandemic are unprecedented events in our contemporary world. Not since the Influenza Pandemic of 1918 has global …

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27
Apr

The Shared History of AIDS and COVID-19

In the midst of the medical, economic, and psychological fight against COVID-19, it is prudent to examine past outbreaks of disease in order to gain a greater understanding of what may lie …

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19
Apr

Confinement’s Dimensionality

With one-third of the global population now under some form of lockdown or quarantine due to the spread of COVID-19, an unprecedented number of people are experiencing varying levels of isolation daily. …

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18
Feb

Introducing Global Perspectives

“We wish to provide spaces for works that do not fit easily into established disciplinary frameworks and that, precisely because of this, may harbor important new insights and innovative potential.”

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13
Feb

Public Health in the Time of Coronavirus

In recent weeks, headlines and broadcasts have been dominated by news surrounding the outbreak of a dreadful new strain of coronavirus, officially designated as COVID-19. Originating in the Chinese city of Wuhan …

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