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#43 – Mayhem in May: The 1957 Asian Flu epidemic in colonial Singapore (with Liam Hoo)

Singaporeans are generally familiar with the Covid 19 pandemic and the Sars epidemic from 2003. But did you know Singapore faced a flu epidemic in 1957? Today, we speak to…

#5 – The History of Singapore’s Fight Against AIDS (A Conversation with Roy Chan)

21 Mar 202116 Aug 2021

AIDS is an illness that still carries social stigma and moral indignation. The situation was especially worse during the 1980s and 1990s when most patients died painful deaths and moral…

#2 – Understanding the History of Disease Control in Singapore (A conversation with Loh Kah Seng & Hsu Li Yang

24 Jan 202116 Aug 2021

As Singapore and the rest of the world battle the covid 19 pandemic, the history of infectious diseases provides some lessons on how their spread is affected by social and…