WLRN

Vaccine mandates: The role of slavery, racism in the history of public health policy

This article is republished from The Conversation, an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts. Lauren MacIvor Thompson is an Assistant Professor of ...
Connecticut Post

Vaccine mandates misinformation: 2 experts explain the true role of slavery and racism in the history of public health policy – and the growing threat ignorance poses today

(THE CONVERSATION) On Sept. 3, 2025, Florida announced its plans to be the first state to eliminate vaccine mandates for its citizens, including those for children to attend school. As experts on the ...
The Gazette

History Happenings: Before COVID-19 came polio and, finally, a vaccine | Cedar Rapids & Eastern Iowa History | thegazette.com

The COVID-19 difficulties of the past year and now its new vaccine echo many of the struggles of the polio epidemic and its vaccine 65 years ago. There were uncertainties, hospitalizations and ...
The Telegraph

Vaccine mandates misinformation: 2 experts explain the true role of slavery and racism in the history of public health policy – and the growing threat ignorance poses today

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Lauren MacIvor Thompson, Kennesaw State University and Stacie Kershner, Georgia State ...