Biological anthropologists are ideally suited for the study of pandemics given their strengths
in human biology, health, culture, and behavior, yet pandemics have historically not been a …

As we enter the third year of the COVID-19 pandemic, the scientific community has met the
SARS-CoV-2 virus with efficient and effective responses in epidemiology, molecular biology …

Objectives Pandemics have profoundly impacted human societies, but until relatively
recently were a minor research focus within biological anthropology, especially within …

This paper examines the COVID-19 pandemic in light of two key concepts in medical
anthropology: syndemics and structural violence. Following a discussion of the nature of …

As an anthropologist and 1918 in-fluenza pandemic scholar, 2020 was a strange year. As a
result of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, there has been renewed …

Despite common perceptions to the contrary, pandemic diseases do not affect populations
indiscriminately. In this paper, we review literature produced by demographers, historians …

Scholars from many disciplines, including anthropology, recognize a new epoch related to
human impact on the planet. The recently coined term “Anthropocene” connotes that our …

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has justifiably captured the attention of people around the
world since late 2019. It has produced in many people a new perspective on or, indeed, a …

We are in a pandemic. COVID-19 infection threatens humanity with illness and death. But
disease from this microbe is not the only hazard to human health and well-being. People …

What is in a name? When the WHO declared coronavirus a global 'pandemic', it seems that
this is when the world finally sat up to take serious notice of the impending threat as it gained …