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Pins and Needles review – a teasing, tricksy tale of vaccinations, from smallpox to Covid

This Q&A-based delve into the politics of vaccination is a fascinating, thorny and sometimes wilfully opaque take on a divisive topic for our times

The Guardian - UK

Readers reply: who has been treated most unfairly by history?

The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts

The Guardian - UK

Obelisk celebrating pioneering Lady Mary Wortley Montagu given higher listing

Aristocrat introduced smallpox inoculation to Britain, saving many lives, yet remains largely unknown

The Guardian - UK

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Simon Schama's history of 18th and 19th century disease outbreaks speaks powerfully to the present

Pandemics. Quarantine. Vaccines. These concepts have been at the forefront of our minds for over three years now. Having lived through the height of the COVID pandemic, it would be easy for us to imagine we have just experienced something unique in human history.

The Conversation

Vaccination explained in 60 seconds: ideas that changed the world

In this series, The Week looks at the ideas and innovations that permanently changed the way we see the world.

The Week

Sci-Five | The Hindu Science quiz: On vaccines

Here is this week’s Sci-five Science quiz.

The Hindu

When vaccination was born

On May 14, 1796, Englishman Edward Jenner tested vaccination on a human subject. Building on conventional wisdom, Jenner introduced vaccination against smallpox, a disease that has now been eradicated.

The Hindu

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Royal Mint Experience visitors can now strike a £2 coin bearing King’s portrait

The Mint said it is the first time that visitors have been able to strike a £2 denomination coin bearing Charles’s portrait.

The Independent UK

Great leaps forward in vaccine history

Letter: Lucy Ward on the roles played by Edward Jenner and Thomas Dimsdale in the development of inoculation against disease

The Guardian - UK

Should we give people diseases in order to learn how to cure them?

With the right ethical safeguards, could ‘challenge trials’ defend against future pandemics?

The Guardian - UK

There’s a problem with London’s statues — but what’s the solution?

From slave traders to barbaric war leaders, the capital has a complicated past. Robert Bevan digs into some of London’s most problematic monuments

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Against Scientific Gatekeeping

Science should be a profession, not a priesthood.

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