https://www.scmp.com/rss/506248/feed Charles C. Mann is an American journalist and author, specialising in scientific topics. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In 2008, a young economist named Craig Garthwaite went looking for sick people. He found them in the National Health Inter­view Survey (NHIS). Conducted annually by the United States Census Bureau since 1957, the NHIS is the oldest and biggest continuing effort to track Americans’ health. The survey asks a large sample of the citizenry whether they have a variety of ailments, including diabetes, kidney disorders and several types of heart disease. Garthwaite sought out a particular subset of... https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3088558/plague-and-spanish-flu-shaped-our-world-will?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/magazines/post-magazine/long-reads/article/3088558/plague-and-spanish-flu-shaped-our-world-will?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 14 Jun 2020 14:00:05 +0000