"Pentagon ran secret anti-vax campaign to undermine China during COVID pandemic" More evidence that the answer to anti-vaxxers should not have been simple exhortations to trust authorities. Surely the history of "biopolitics" teaches more skepticism. reuters.com/investigates/s…

You may know Sylvester Graham's association with vegetarianism and bran bread, but did you know he was a poet, actor, and "a ladies' man" before becoming a health crusader? Excited to discover a new source shedding light on Graham's youth this morning.

Today's archive encounter: Rev. Daniel Waldo, AKA Father Waldo. He fought in the American Revolution as a teenager, served as a minister for decades, and lived long enough to be photographed before dying at age 102 in 1864. An abolitionist, he voted for Washington and Lincoln.

"The Supreme Court on Monday rejected a challenge to a 2021 Connecticut law that eliminated the state’s longstanding religious exemption from childhood immunization requirements for schools, colleges and day care facilities." religionnews.com/2024/06/25/sup…

The conclusion of this study on vaccine hesitancy is essentially: Religion matters, but religion's complicated. More proof that if we want to understand health, disease, and medicine, we *need* history, religious studies, etc. bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.11…

Only one minister told Richard Nixon he should confess to the cover-up of Watergate. Fifty years later, I tracked him down for Christianity Today to ask him why. christianitytoday.com/ct/2024/july-a…

In religion and health news, the LDS church announces intentions to open a medical school at BYU. It would be the fourth medical school in Utah. sltrib.com/religion/2024/…

Want to learn more about the GLP-1 receptor agonists sweeping the world? In *Magic Pill,* Johann Hari offers an incisive and humane analysis of the science, sociology, and morality of these powerful new drugs. It's a great place to start. a.co/d/jgEBxp1

My department is hiring!! Should be of particular interest to those working in narrative medicine and medical anthropologists. Reach out if you have any Qs! apply.interfolio.com/148713

While analyses of vaccine hesitancy in the US have focused on evangelicalism, a new study in Germany highlights role of esotericism (anthroposophy) and homeopathy in driving resistance to COVID-19 vaccines. nature.com/articles/s4154…

Interesting call for papers: Reconsidering Eugenics in Science and Religion Scholarship @Zygonjournal zygonjournal.org/article/id/171…

Author copy arrived. Thankful to have been asked to contribute to this volume, which takes a nuanced look at the complexities surrounding religious belief and practice in the pandemic across Europe #FoRB #religion #COVIDー19

Good news #histmed : As of this summer, Rosenberg's *The Cholera Years* is now an audiobook, and you can buy it for $5.99. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…

My family and I are facing a tough season. Please consider sharing 💜 gofund.me/306c6d17

Adina and I were part of the same cohort of history PhD students at Baylor. She was an incredible colleague and friend to everyone in the program, always full of encouragement and support. Please read and consider supporting her and her family at this time if you're able

Adina is a Baylor PhD, and she and Sam went to our church here in Waco before moving to MN so she could take a job at her alma mater. Even if they weren't wonderful people, which they are, they would deserve any small thing we can do for them right now.

Do I know anyone with Princeton University Library credentials who would be willing to share an item with me? #twitterstorians

I’ve been working on this for several years, so I’m thrilled to announce that Pepperdine University will offer a minor in health humanities beginning in fall 2025!

My first review for @Current_Pub1! TL;DR: Americans have long worried that advances in medicine require retreats in humanity. This book is about another episode in that history, focusing on a curriculum designed to help doctors see the whole patient. currentpub.com/2024/12/17/rev…

While the book sounds smarter than me, I'm so grateful for a colleague that cares about peace-making in our fractured time. global.oup.com/academic/produ…