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The Young Lords, a Puerto Rican activist group, seized this mobile chest x-ray unit in 1970. A few months later, they and members of the Black Panther Party occupied part of Lincoln Hospital to establish a drug detoxification program.

How Acupuncture Became a Radical Remedy in the Bronx

When Black and brown activists created Lincoln Detox, they also helped spread Eastern medicine.

Santi Elijah Holley November 9, 2020

Long touted as a health food, grapefruit has a dark side.

Grapefruit Is One of the Weirdest Fruits on the Planet

From its name, to its hazy origins, to its drug interactions, there's a lot going on beneath that thick rind.

Dan Nosowitz October 6, 2020

Yup'ik dancers at a dance festival at Toksook Bay in 1996.

How Alaskan Yup’ik People Are Reviving the Culture Lost to the 1919 Flu

After the pandemic erased a generation, putting the pieces of the puzzle back together.

Natasha Frost October 5, 2020

Specimens in the "wet archive" were known primarily by number.

The Saga of Midori Naka

How and why the harvested body parts of atomic bomb victims spent decades abroad before being returned to Hiroshima.

Colin Dickey September 24, 2020

This pretty <em>Guaiacum</em> probably didn't alleviate syphilis—though many people thought plants in the genus did.

A 1500s ‘Miracle Cure’ Made From Trees Probably Didn't Cure Syphilis

A new exhibit at the Newberry library touches on the history of guaiacum treatments.

Jessica Leigh Hester September 2, 2020

Displays at the Weaver Dental Museum include a jumble of dentures.

6 Fascinating Medical Marvels in Pennsylvania

50 States of Wonder

Cairn at centre of wheel

Vulcan County, Alberta

Iniskim Umaapi (Majorville Medicine Wheel)

This remote 4,500 year old medicine wheel is one of the last of its kind.

Cars at a standstill in rush hour in Bangkok on May 25, 2020, following the lifting of the city's pandemic restrictions.

Motorcycle Midwives Brave Bangkok's Traffic to Help Expecting Mothers Deliver

The first episode of TED's Far Flung podcast looks at the city's unique challenges.

Anna Phelan June 3, 2020

This portrait of late doctor Ydelfonso Decoo is in the Queens Museum parking lot.

This Mural in Queens Highlights COVID-19's Impact on People of Color

An image of a brave doctor, large enough to be seen from space.

Matthew Taub June 2, 2020

A flip-top head allows access to the cargo hold.

space exploration

The World's Chonkiest Plane Is Fighting COVID-19

The Soviets made it to carry spacecraft. Now it's zooming medical supplies around the globe.

Bailey Berg May 29, 2020

Inside the library.

Montreal, Québec

Osler Library of the History of Medicine

One of the world's largest collections of rare medical texts and ephemera.

The bubonic plague killed around 10 million people in India. This photo shows a temporary hospital in 1896 or 1897.

How the 1896 Bombay Plague Changed Mumbai Forever

It reshaped the city and inspired a revolutionary vaccine.

Nadia Nooreyezdan May 14, 2020

Noam Shuster-Eliassi snags a selfie while getting tested for COVID-19. Recovering coronavirus patients can leave the hotel after two negative tests.

The Israeli Hotel Where COVID-19 Recovery Meets Standup Comedy

When every guest is a coronavirus patient, you're allowed to hug, hang out in the lobby, and gather for meals.

Katie Nadworny May 12, 2020

An aerial view of the lagoon of Venice.

The Black Death in Venice and the Dawn of Quarantine

Archaeological research is unearthing how the Italian city created a vast public health response 700 years ago.

Sara Toth Stub May 11, 2020

Video • Wonder From Home

Show & Tell: See a Collection of Dissected Skulls and Medical Marvels

Wheatley - Provident Hospital the 1909 building on April 5th 2020

Kansas City, Missouri

Wheatley-Provident Hospital

The crumbling remains of the first Black-owned and operated hospital in Kansas City.

In 1933, Minnie Sun worked as a nurse in the baby ward of the Chinese Hospital. Bruce Lee would be born there seven years later.

When Chinese Americans Were Blamed for 19th-Century Epidemics, They Built Their Own Hospital

The Chinese Hospital in San Francisco is still one-of-a-kind.

Claire Wang April 13, 2020

The Shropshire Regiment amid the destruction of homes in Hong Kong, 1894.

Echoes of the 1894 Plague Still Reverberate in Hong Kong

Death was not the end of the indignities the Chinese community faced during that pandemic.

Courtney Lichterman April 13, 2020