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The Yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, 1793. Carriages rumbled through the streets to pick up the dying and the dead. Woodcut shows Stephen Girard on errand of mercy. (Getty Images / Bettmann / Contributor)

The 1793 pandemic that foreshadowed 2020

Matthew Rozsa
Small girl writing with felt tip pen while relaxing on the carpet at home (Getty Images/skynesher)

"Test-to-stay" program possible solution

Jane Roberts - Undark
Liberty University logo seen displayed on a smartphone. (Photo Illustration by Rafael Henrique/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

Liberty University now in quarantine

Jon Skolnik
The quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship sits docked at Daikoku Pier on February 19, 2020 in Yokohama, Japan (Tomohiro Ohsumi/Getty Images)

HBO's fateful "Last Cruise" before COVID

Ashlie D. Stevens
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Reusable medical masks from multi-colored cotton fabric (Getty Images)

Am I ready to go back into the world?

D. Watkins
Members of the National Guard talk to out of state drivers at a checkpoint set up to hand out information to those coming in from out of state about self-quarantining for 14 days to try to reduce the spread of coronavirus on March 30, 2020 in Hope Valley, RI. Out of state drivers were directed to pull over on I-95 into a rest area between Exits 2 and 3 to speak to the National Guard. (Jessica Rinaldi/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Are travel quarantines being enforced?

Nicole Karlis
Young woman feeling bored while staying home for safety during a global pandemic (Getty Images)

Boredom is driving COVID-19 outbreaks

Luke Fernandez, Susan J. Matt
Michael Spatz, L, a volunteer with the Alexandria medical reserve corps, helps AshaLetia Henderson through her first positive-case call as a coronavirus contact tracer, where the Alexandria Health Department set up offices for coronavirus contact tracing and investigations at the Oswald Durant Arts Center in Alexandria, VA, on Wednesday, June 24, 2020. (Jahi Chikwendiu/The Washington Post via Getty Images)

Here’s what contact tracers really do

Julie Appleby - KFF Health News
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Young woman on her phone in bed at night (Getty Images/Cerro Photography)

How gadgets are making quarantine worse

Doreen Dodgen-Magee
Young man distracted while on video call from his home during lockdown (Getty Images)

Too much Zoom: In lockdown, I'm too busy

Amanda Marcotte
Two women playing a video game on a tv screen (Getty Images/Hinterhaus Productions)

10 chill video games for relaxation

Ashlie D. Stevens, Hanh Nguyen
Skylark ( Gerhard Hofmann/EyeEm/ Getty Images)

A Mother’s Day scream into the void

Lily Burana
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Patients at the US Public Health Service Hospital in Carville, Louisiana, enjoying a musical evening. The hospital is for leprosy sufferers and is run by nuns, one of whom is playing the piano whilst patients play drums and accordion. (Three Lions/Getty Images)

The disease and the stigma

Wendy Chin-Tanner
A mother spending time with her newborn baby (Getty Images/Mikolette)

When to self-isolate from a newborn?

Katharine Gammon - Undark
(NICOLAS ASFOURI/AFP via Getty Images)

On COVID-19 outbreak & patient privacy

Hongyu Zhang - The Conversation
Afternoon commuters wait for their trains at Montgomery BART station in San Francisco, Calif., on Wednesday, March 4, 2020. Some commuters opted to wear respiratory masks as one person became the first victim in California to die from the coronavirus disease. Also, the first two cases in San Francisco were reported the following day. (Ray Chavez/MediaNews Group/The Mercury News via Getty Images)

Why a US COVID quarantine is a bad idea

Sara May Bergstresser - Massive Science
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Sick in bed, with tissues and tea (Getty Images/sestovic)

If I get sick, must I stay home?

Brian Labus - The Conversation
Male nurse doing routine checkup of senior patient in hospital room (Getty Images/Ridofranz)

Coronavirus a nursing home nightmare

JoNel Aleccia - KFF Health News
A woman wearing a protective facemask checks her mobile phone outside a shopping mall in Bangkok on February 4, 2020. - Thailand so far has detected 19 confirmed cases of the novel coronavirus believed to have originated in the central Chinese city of Wuhan, which is under lockdown. (MLADEN ANTONOV/AFP via Getty Images)

Quarantine and chill?

Nicole Karlis
A quarantine warning is displayed outside the horse racing track at Turf Paradise, Friday, Jan. 29, 2016, in Phoenix. Turf Paradise has euthanized one horse and is quarantining two others in the wake of a herpes outbreak that surfaced in New Mexico.(AP Photo/Matt York) (AP)

A brief history of quarantines

Leslie S. Leighton - The Conversation
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A headquarters for the Church of Scientology is seen January 16, 2013 in Clearwater, Florida. (Getty Images)

Scientology ship quarantined

Matthew Rozsa
(AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

Joanna Rothkopf
(<a href='url to photographer'>Ruth Peterkin</a> via <a href='http://www.shutterstock.com/'>Shutterstock</a>)

Joanna Rothkopf
Scanning electron microscopic image of Ebola virions (Public Library of Science)

Joanna Rothkopf
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