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How infectious diseases have shaped our culture, habits and language

  • Written by: Maxine Whittaker, Dean, Public Health, Medical and Veterinary Sciences, James Cook University
imageThe bubonic plague slowed urbanisation, industrial development and economic growth in Europe for many years.from www.shutterstock.com

This is the last article in our four-part package looking at infectious diseases and how they’ve influenced our culture and evolution. Read the other articles here.

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  1. The policy termites slowly eating out the foundations of smoking
  2. Four myths about water fluoridation and why they're wrong
  3. How we change the organisms that infect us
  4. Why GPs prescribe too many antibiotics and why it's time to set targets
  5. How worried should you be about lead from Aldi taps?
  6. All tip, no iceberg: a new way to think about mental illness
  7. More reason to use Meningococcal B vaccine – it could also cut the Clap
  8. How we've evolved to fight the bugs that infect us
  9. A short history of vaccine objection, vaccine cults and conspiracy theories
  10. Four of the most lethal infectious diseases of our time and how we're overcoming them
  11. Private clinics' peddling of unproven stem cell treatments is unsafe and unethical
  12. Migrants are healthier than the average Australian, so they can't be a burden on the health system
  13. Speaking with: Professor Peter Koopman on CRISPR and the power of genome editing
  14. Viewpoints: should euthanasia be available for people with existential suffering?
  15. E-cigarettes are some young people's training wheels for smoking. Here's the evidence
  16. Doctors and nurses can't always tell if someone's drunk or on drugs, and misdiagnosis can be dangerous
  17. Surgery to make intersex children 'normal' should be banned
  18. Do we claim 'bullying' too often?
  19. No, nanoparticles in baby formula will not harm your baby
  20. New maps reveal cancer levels across Australia, and across the social strata

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