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Friends in Strange Places

Weird Science

Anti-vax campaigners, 9/11 truthers and the defenders of a Middle Eastern dictatorship might seem unlikely partners, but whatever their differences, they are all in the business of promoting fringe views that challenge “mainstream” narratives.

How Prejudices Warped Health Care in the Colonies

Cancer in the Colonies

Colonized people were research subjects as much as they were patients, and the British Empire did not just export customs, political systems and language but imposed a medical structure that suppressed local health knowledge and practices.