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How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the second world war

By Alice Klein Jewish civilians were forcibly removed from the Warsaw ghetto by German SS soldiers during an uprising in May 1943US National Archives / Alamy Jewish people confined inside a Nazi ghetto during the second world war were able to curb a massive typhus outbreak by introducing similar infection control measures to those being… Read More: How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the… »

Beat the blues: The best January mood-boosters

There are weeks ahead of booze deprivation if you’re doing Dry January, and of steak deprivation if you’re doing Veganuary. You’re also likely to be heavier and more tired after the Christmas festivities. This is January, ladies and gentlemen, and it’s bleak. Here are a few simple things to help smooth the road to spring…… Read More: Beat the blues: The best January mood-boosters »

VA authors argue agency wait times beat private sector: JAMA

Dive Brief: Wait times for new patients at Department of Veterans Affairs facilities and private hospitals were similar in 2014, a new Journal of the American Medical Association study authored by researchers affiliated with the VA found. But while wait times in the private sector appeared to be static between 2014 and 2017, wait times… Read More: VA authors argue agency wait times beat private sector: JAMA »