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Imported Plant Diseases

The current threat of ash dieback and the devastation to...

Fungal Threats to our Crops and Trees

Fungal infections present major threats to the health of the...

Unwelcome Guests: Human Diseases

Shakespeare wrote of island Britain as 'This fortress built by...

The Vietnam Informal Tribunal

Informal Tribunals dealing with armed conflicts include that established for...

Lessons from the Past, Warnings for the Future

The concluding lecture takes the example of HIV/AIDS and discusses...

'The Great Unwashed'

Typhus, the subject of the fifth lecture in the series, was...

Blue Funk and Yellow Peril

‘Asiatic cholera’, which arrived in Europe in the early nineteenth century...

Using Mortality to Compare the Health of Populations

New Insights Into Mortality Patterns of Early Modern Cities

Mortality Past and Present: John Graunt's Bills of Mortality - Introduction

An introduction to the conference marking the 350th anniversary of the...