- The untold story of modern science is one of empire and colonial exploitation (Quartz)
- Rare Book Shows How Insane Medicine Really Was in The 16th Century (Science Alert)
- The evolution of surgery over the last 100 years (Business Insider)
- The Gruesome, Bloody World of Victorian Surgery (The Atlantic)
- The untold origin story of the N95 mask (Fast Company)
History of Medical Data
History of American Healthcare System
- The US medical system is still haunted by slavery (Vox)
- A 1960s 'Hippie Clinic' In San Francisco Inspired A Medical Philosophy (NPR)
Physician Profession
- How Elizabeth Blackwell became the first female doctor in the U.S. (PBS News Hour)
- The Struggle and Triumph of America's First Black Doctors (The Atlantic)
- The life of an American country doctor was heroic, necessary, and utterly exhausting (Timeline)
Medicalization
History of Mental Health
Historical Health Issues
- The Epidemics America Got Wrong (The Atlantic)
- How Epidemics of the Past Forced Americans to Promote Health—and Ended Up Improving Life in This Country (Smithsonian)
- Busting 10 Common Myths About the "Greatest Pandemic in History" (Scientific American)
- Why Did the 1918 Flu Kill So Many Otherwise Healthy Young Adults? (Smithsonian)
- The Spanish Flu – 10 Facts About the Deadly 1918 Pandemic That Killed More People Than WW1 (Military History Now)
- Race, Homosexuality, and the AIDS Epidemic (African American Intellectual History Society)
- The Strange History of Vaccines—And Why People Fear Them (National Geographic)
- A Nightmare Disease Haunted Ships During Age of Discovery (National Geographic)
- A New Clue to the Mystery Disease That Once Killed Most of Mexico (The Atlantic)
Other Health Issues
- The History of Loneliness (The Wire)
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The Long History of the Hand-Washing Gender Gap (Slate)
- A brief history of hand-washing (History Extra)