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Our book is out!! Happy publication day to our fantastic team of editors and authors.

If you're looking to get the latest COVID-19 vaccine, epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina has two recommendations: call your doctor, and call your insurance company.

Just got my author copy of the NursingClio reader! Please everyone get like 12 copies and support the incredible work of @nursingclio.bsky.social!!

Isis, November 2025.

Can climate fiction deliver climate justice? Although cli-fi has exploded in popularity, few of its writers treat climate justice as a central issue. But when they do, their words may have more power than even they could imagine grist.org/fix/climate-... #ClimateFiction #Fiction #Solarpunk #Books

Happy to say I've got another new article out to end the summer: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... Thanks to the SAHJ's fabulous editors and peer reviewers - they truly gave this piece new life!

Senator Bernie Sanders ( @sanders.senate.gov) pens New York Times op-ed calling for RFK Jr. to resign: "Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is endangering the health of the American people now and into the future. He must resign." www.nytimes.com/2025/08/30/o...

Just got this book in for H-Oceans. Message me if you'd like to review it for us and we'll get it headed your way!

🪬🧿 There is no amount of money, oil, or gold in the world that is worth more than having bees, trees, and clean water.

I dare you to go to Annunciation School and tell our grieving community, in effect, guns don’t kill kids, antidepressants do. Just shut up. Stop peddling bullshit. You should be fired.

Deadline TOMORROW! Your scholarship about health & the urban environment has never been more pressing—workshop your ideas and get them ready for publication! 🗃️ 📗 #histmed

📣Annual Book Development Prize Competition 📣 Submissions are now invited for the 2026 Award, which funds authors to turn a proposal into a book in the Social Histories of Medicine series, published by @manchesterup.bsky.social Applications are accepted on a rolling basis until 16 Jan 2026. #histmed

As I write the AI blurbs on my syllabi, I'm reminded of just how deeply this stupid thing impacts day-to-day work, from research to teaching to service. If you're as over it all as I am, consider writing a piece that puts AI in context. It's time to talk about this in the world of #histmed

We are still accepting applications for new staff members! Applications close on September 15.

Today for NC, Katherine McKenna explores how Jill Burke’s monograph HOW TO BE A RENAISSANCE WOMAN reveals centuries of cosmetic labour, resistance, and knowledge-sharing among women—from Venetian piazzas to 2025 mirrors. #beautyculture #historyofscience nursingclio.org/2025/08/13/b...

Please do join us this year, esp if you haven't before! We're a welcoming and supportive group of all env health & urbanity scholars, no matter where you are in your career or research 🌱

So much to look forward to in the programme for #ESEH2025! You should of course all come to our double panel on "Colonial climates and environments" on Fri AM with @poxygraduate.bsky.social, @nphellstrom.bsky.social,‬ @gianamar97.bsky.social, @lindaaburnett.bsky.social, @jamborg.bsky.social & more 🎙️

Sharing some public writing again since it’s Black August and National Immunization Awareness Month slate.com/news-and-pol...

If I have to explain to you why it's a bad idea to use a machine that makes shit up 15-80% of the time AND destroys the environment AND contributes to rising fascism and genocide AND puts brilliant skillful creatives out of work by stealing their work, then we're already speaking different languages

Calling all grad students, independent scholars, librarians, museum pros, academics … ✔️this list of available 📚 & DM me to review your pick for H-SciMedTech! tinyurl.com/yzkcp9fa #HSTM #HPS #STS #HistSci #PhilSci #HistTech #HistMed #RHM #LitMed #MedSocio #MedAnthro #MediaStudies #InfoStudies

Despite its worldwide popularity, you won’t find canola oil in a Spanish kitchen or a Spanish supermarket. Rebeca Herrero Sáenz explores how state neglect and corruption led to thousands of citizens contracting colza toxic syndrome #publichealth #histmed nursingclio.org/2025/07/31/l...

Great 3-year STS post-doc at Edinburgh, closes 18 August #sts

The @aaup.org report on AI is so hugely important. Among other key takeaways is the fact that most AI programs have been introduced by administrative fiat and by circumventing meaningful faculty, student, & staff consultation. shorturl.at/InI5Q

Extreme heat across parts of the globe has triggered heat warnings and alerts. Matthew Cappucci, a meteorologist at MyRadar, explains the different types of heat warnings and what they mean.

How the Klamath Dams Came Down. grist.org/project/indi... #Indigenous #Climate #Dams #Salmon #Stories #Writers

The white cis body as the default setting for ‘human’? @nursingclio.bsky.social has published an interview I did with the curator of a new exhibition nursingclio.org/2025/07/23/u...

Outside her home in Bulungula, Eastern Cape, NoWonga Zintoyinto crouches beside an open fire, feeding sticks into the flames. As the pot begins to steam and crackle, the boiling water readies itself for tea, cooking, and bathing — part of a daily rhythm shaped by resilience and routine.

Please share: excellent history Postdoc opportunity at Wesleyan's Center for the Study of Guns & Society. Post involves archival research on 18th and 19th century firearms use & laws; work on databases, reports, and papers; & thinking and writing around wonderful people doing important work.

Dear folks, Check out this list of books up for review, sign up and claim one! 📚🌿 It’s a brilliant way to read something great and get your name out there. #envhist #envhum

In "Water, Race and Power," Kristin Brig-Ortiz analyzes the intersections among these dynamics in the context of British water management in South Africa. liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/abs/10.3...

Bravo to the @miamiherald.com for publishing this list in full www.miamiherald.com/news/local/i...

Super excited to share that my new article on the racialization of water management in colonial South Africa is now available! It also introduces my new concept of hydro-normativity, which you can read about more in-depth here: www.liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/10.3828/...

An Oklahoma City TV station says it's weather radar was damaged by an individual and that an anti-government militia took responsibility, claiming that radar is used to control the weather. (via @kosuradio.bsky.social)

We are so excited to announce the winners of NC Prize for Best Journal Article 🎉 And the winners are… Cathy McClive and Lisa Smith for their article "Women at the Centre: Medical Entrepreneurialism and 'La Grande Médecine' in Eighteenth-Century Lyon." academic.oup.com/fh/article/3...

All you need is: "Hello, my name is [your name] in zip code [your zip code], and I oppose the funding bill that cuts funding for Medicaid and adds billions to ICE [or other parts of the bill you hate]." That's it, you can do it in 60 seconds.

We would *love* to have more members join our team! It's a great experience especially for any #histmed scholars who want to work on their editing muscles and grow their networks 🪴

📢📢📢 We’re looking for scholars who could write pieces on the following topics: RFK and miasma, the potential legislation of asbestos, and the backlash against sunscreen. Preferably for Clio ER. #histmed Please share widely! nursingclio.org/write-for-us...

The Trump administration said on Monday that it would open up 58 million acres of back country in national forests to road construction and development, removing protections that had been in place for a quarter century. https://trib.al/VQXR96o

My Oxford Bibliography on environmental histories of disease, health, and medicine is officially published! www.oxfordbibliographies.com/display/docu...

70+ years after the Civil War, the WPA Federal Writers' Project began interviewing elderly Americans who remembered being enslaved. This collection is at the Library & contains moving narratives & photos. #Juneteenth Narratives: www.loc.gov/collections/... Photos: www.loc.gov/pictures/ite...

Some good vaccine news!

📢New fellowship opportunity 📢 We are thrilled to announce the launch of a new collaborative fellowship with the IU Indianapolis Arts and Humanities Institute (IAHI).

‘Ramón had discovered a long-forgotten ancient water management system conceived by the Paltas, a pre-Incan civilisation that inhabited the semi-arid region more than 1,000 years ago. Ramón set out to recreate the Paltas’ lagoon system and … the region has enjoyed an environmental regeneration’

Research Fellowship! Smith College, Women & Gender Studies Research Fellow in Reproductive Justice History and Popular Political Education www.h-net.org/jobs/job_dis...

I'm floored. This is ONE stretch of ONE side of the street in deep red, small town Knoxville, TN today. This is a city that Trump won in 2024 by 20+ points. The scope of these protests are massive—American from both sides of the aisle are pissed. There will be no kings.

President Trump says he plans to start “phasing out” FEMA after the hurricane season, and that he also plans to distribute disaster relief funds directly from the president’s office.

@aearls.bsky.social new book “Love in the Lav: A Social Biography of Same-Sex Desire in Ireland, 1922-1972” comes out June 20! You can learn more about the book by reading this lovely review on @dublininquirer.com www.dublininquirer.com/new-book-doc...