If you scroll down you can see a comparison of a bunch of respiratory or enteric (diarrheal) pathogens from individual cities. Theres a lot of interesting information in these graphs. 5/

Pleased to be sharing my review essay in HSNS on “New Directions in Global Health Histories of China and Taiwan”. I reviewed Mary Brazelton, Rachel Core, Fang Xiaoping & Yi-Tang Lin’s monographs; and identified themes in global health histories. University of California Press (is on Bluesky) online.ucpress.edu/hsns/article-a…

University of Indiana to eliminate BA and MA in Central Eurasian Studies. It was the primary place to study Central Asian languages in US, a National Resource Center. Established by scholars fleeing Europe in 1930s. in.gov/che/files/Info…

New Scholarship Alert! Apply now for the Joseph Needham Foundation Awards for research on science in Asia: - Research Grant: $3,000 - Essay Prize: $500 Open to grad students, early career scholars, independent. Deadline: Dec 1, 2025 Apply: [email protected]

Its finally here! Feels SO good to finally see it in print. Many thanks to the editors who handled this book with such care, and the other contributors who challenged me to think about my own ethical commitments throughout this process. It was a dream to work with yall! 1/5

Ebook version of my 2020 book, Global Medicine in China: A Diasporic History is on sale at $16 from Stanford Press. Consider buying a copy! sup.org/books/asian-st…

Looking forward to Joan Judge’s forthcoming book from UChicagoPress. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book…

Great first step but will be great to have these Tangwai magazine digitized and available for researchers in a full text searchable format. Will be game changing for the modern Taiwanese history field. nmth.gov.tw/en/News_Conten…

Pleased to share my review in T&C on the edited volume on Fighting for Health: Medicine in Cold War Southeast Asia. Hopkins Press NUS Press I enjoyed reading the essays in the volume, and learned a lot from them. muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

Review in Technology and Culture of "Fighting for Health" by Wayne Soon: "In sum, this is an excellent volume that deserves to be widely read by scholars of the #ColdWar, military medicine, #healthcare, and (post)colonialism." Read: muse.jhu.edu/pub/1/article/…

The Office of the Historian releases Foreign Relations, 1981–1988, Volume XLIV, Part 1, National Security Policy, 1985–1988: history.state.gov/historicaldocu… Department of State RonaldReaganLibrary #FRUS #FRUSRelease #USHistory #ForeignPolicy

The advance version of my article on "The 'Social Rate of Discount' and the Political Economy of the Future in Postwar America" is out in History of Political Economy! read.dukeupress.edu/hope/article/d…

US study of over 12,000 military personnel found wearable devices detected persistent heart rate and HRV changes in 9.4% of COVID-positive cases, offering an objective way to spot potential Long COVID effects weeks after infection. nature.com/articles/s4159…

Stanford Humanities Center invites faculty in the traditional and emergent disciplines of the humanities, as well as the interpretive social sciences, to apply for its external residential fellowships. Apply by Oct. 1, 2025: shc.stanford.edu/stanford-human…

Looking to include some short primary sources on your courses on East Asian history or history of science/med/tech? Consider assigning one of these sources on Taiwan for your class in the fall! taiwanprimarysources.com

Congratulations #TeamTaiwan on winning the Little League World Series.

Looking forward!