Plagues, Politics, and Policy is an overview of the major health challenges confronting American Indians and Alaska Natives over the past fifty years and is a c

Infectious diseases once thought to be controlled (such as malaria and tuberculosis) are now spreading rapidly across the globe, and lethal new disease agents (

Why the news about the global decline of infectious diseases is not all good. Plagues and parasites have played a central role in world affairs, shaping the evo

"After their sequestering on reservations across the West, American Indians suffered from appalling rates of disease and morbidity. While the United States Indi

Despite enduring limitations and flaws, public health in the United States today enjoys impressive successes compared with both earlier eras and less developed