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history-of-disease

Viruses past, present and future

Nepal’s history shows that nature matters in dealing with epidemics but, social differences do, too

Tom Robertson

How Nepal eradicated the smallpox virus

The fourth in a series about what it took for the scourge of smallpox to be finally eradicated from Nepal in 1975.

Tom Robertson

The smallpox virus in British India

Second instalment in a series tracking the chronic epidemic as it ravaged the subcontinent

Tom Robertson

Big story of small pox in Nepal

Recurring epidemics shaped the course of history in the Himalaya in unexpected and important ways

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