Globalisation and Children's Diets: The Case of the Maya of Mexico and Central America Globalisation has resulted in powerful multinational corporations imposing their products...
Modelling the Spread of Infectious Diseases Mathematics has proved to be of considerable benefit in modelling the...
Return of the Microbes: How infections are once more taking over A number of infectious diseases cause blindness. After decades of...
To Wear or Not to Wear: Changing social norms with regard to eyewear Studying the history of spectacles brings together the twin themes...
From Jenner to Wakefield: The long shadow of the anti-vaccination movement In 1998 a medical furore broke out when The Lancet...
The life and legacy of Dr Edward Jenner FRS, pioneer of vaccination Known to many as “the father of immunology”, Edward Jenner...
The Tragedy of Easy Problems These are those challenges, particularly in development and global health...
How many healthy people can the earth support? From Malthus to the Club of Rome, predictions about maximum...