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American life expectancy started dropping even before the pandemic. It’s a critical barometer of our nation’s health and a sign that all is not well in the U.S. Much of the increase in preventable, premature death is attributable to drug overdose, which increased five-fold over the last couple decades. But this malaise is far broader, […]

American life expectancy started dropping even before the pandemic. It’s a critical barometer of our nation’s health and a sign that all is not well in the U.S. Much of

American life expectancy started dropping even before the pandemic. It’s a critical barometer of our nation’s health and a sign that all is not well in the United States.

What we learn from the history of cholera is that resistance to implement fundamental human health management practices, first learnt in London in the 1800s, costs human lives.

The landmark 1842 Report on the Sanitary Condition of the Labouring Population of Great Britain, by the social reformer Edwin Chadwick, was a damning indictment of how large-scale socioeconomic change during the 19th century contributed to the increased spread of epidemic and chronic diseases. Poor health among the working masses was not simply a consequence of behavioural choices or moral failings but was associated with pathogenic conditions created by the Industrial Revolution.

Private greed and public filth collide in Nick Higham's The Mercenary River, a superbly malodorous history of the London's great waterway

We expect clean streets and long lives in the developed Western world, where health care programs and disease prevention comprise a thriving industry. But

Its freezing outside, but you still need to open your windows to stop Covid spread Good ventilation is an important method to stop the spread of infection in indoor environments Daniel Smith It is now the fifth week of the lockdown in the UK (Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto) GET THE BIGGEST STORIES FROM ACROSS SOMERSET STRAIGHT TO YOUR INBOXInvalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. SIGN UP When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters....

Ventilation is one of the most important methods of preventing the spread of infectious disease, a fact we've known for centuries.