epidemiology The most comprehensive and accessible explanation of how COVID-19 works (so far) Thom Dunn

#flattenTheCurve This is a great 'Flatten the Curve' video explainer on how to slow COVID-19 and coronavirus Xeni Jardin

epidemiology Explainer video – this is a good time to understand what exponential growth means Mark Frauenfelder

smallpox That time a smallpox outbreak hit Deadwood Xeni Jardin

corona virus Listen: loudspeakers broadcast corona virus closure messages to the empty streets of Shanghai Disneyland Cory Doctorow

ghost of measles past Scariest Halloween decoration ever: measles viruses Cory Doctorow

opioids The rich poop different: measuring inequality with sewage Cory Doctorow

a rising tide swamps all boats The widening health gap between America's rich and poor is the result of worse health for the poor, not better health for the rich Cory Doctorow

lyme disease Life with chronic Lyme disease ("post-treatment Lyme disease syndrome") sucks Cory Doctorow

going viral More promising news about phages, the parasites that prey on parasites Cory Doctorow

gene drives Bill Gates wants us to fear mosquitoes, not sharks Cory Doctorow

epidemiology Airport "security" trays are filthy reservoirs of infectious agents Cory Doctorow

broken windows Chicago police data reveals how dirty cops spread corruption like a disease Cory Doctorow

establishment politics Former Obama trade official teams up with Trump to create highly profitable TB epidemics in poor countries Cory Doctorow

urine luck China uses sewage surveillance to detect drugs in urine and feces Cory Doctorow

polio is coming back Which American cities have lowest herd immunity due to anti-vaxxers? Cory Doctorow

Physicians for Informed Consent In California, an underground network of anti-vax doctors will write your kid a medical exemption letter to get them out of their vaccinations Cory Doctorow

bird flu A virus first found in chickens is implicated in human obesity Cory Doctorow

evidence based policy 5 years after Texas GOP's attack on women's reproductive health, TX leads developed world in maternal mortality Cory Doctorow

sell-offs Our public health data is being ingested into Silicon Valley's gaping, proprietary maw Cory Doctorow