Dawn of a New Golden Age of Antibiotics?
January 20, 2015
Rob DeSalle and Susan L. Perkins— Alexander Fleming once coyly said about his discovery of penicillin, “When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t… READ MORE
Category: Health & Medicine
Cesspools and Sewers: Toilets in Dirty Old London
November 19, 2014
Lee Jackson, author of Dirty Old London: The Victorian Fight Against Filth, wrote a series of posts for the Yale University Press London Blog to explain how the inventors of ‘sanitary… READ MORE
Mother Teresa and the True Value of Charity
October 17, 2014
On this day in 1979, Mother Teresa was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. The announcement of the 2014 winners is a reminder that the selections invariably provoke discussion and sometimes… READ MORE
Ebola: Where Did it Come From and Why Does It Spread?
October 9, 2014
Mark Harrison— All diseases are mirrors of society but some—especially epidemic diseases—lead us to reflect on the way we are heading. Ebola is one such disease. Although it is still… READ MORE
Madness and Memory: A Conversation with Nobel Laureate Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D.
June 5, 2014
Although he encountered enormous skepticism, Dr. Stanley B. Prusiner persevered in his research on the causes of degenerative brain diseases, convinced the scientific community of his findings, and, in 1997, received the Nobel Prize. He… READ MORE
Video: Ship of Death, A Voyage that Changed the Atlantic World
April 7, 2014
In 1792, a ship set sail from England with the best of intentions. Its tragic journey would change the course of history forever. Historian Billy Smith uncovered a remarkable story of tragedy… READ MORE
The Deadly Dinner Party: Real-Life Medical Detective Mysteries
March 7, 2014
Follow @yaleSCIbooks We can’t get enough of detective mysteries. On television, police or medical procedurals and dramas such as CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, House M.D., Sherlock, and Elementary, draw us… READ MORE
Dr. Marjorie Greenfield Podcast: The Working Woman’s Pregnancy Book
March 30, 2011
The only authoritative guide specifically for pregnant working women, Dr. Marjorie Greenfield‘s Working Women’s Pregnancy Book addresses all the subjects one expects to find in a comprehensive book on pregnancy… READ MORE
Show Notes for the June 2007 Episode of the Yale Press Podcast
June 19, 2007
Posted by Chris Gondek, Producer/Host of the Yale Press Podcast. It must be summer. I’ve spent the better part of an hour trying to figure out how to start these… READ MORE
A Conversation with Trudier Harris on Bigger: A Literary Life