Tag: #History of Disease
Articles tagged with #History of Disease
Viruses past, present and future
Nepal’s history shows that nature matters in dealing with epidemics but, social differences do, too
How Nepal eradicated the smallpox virus
The fourth in a series about what it took for the scourge of smallpox to be finally eradicated from Nepal in 1975.
The smallpox virus in British India
Second instalment in a series tracking the chronic epidemic as it ravaged the subcontinent
Big story of small pox in Nepal
Recurring epidemics shaped the course of history in the Himalaya in unexpected and important ways