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JOANNA BOURKE

Blogs
Here are my latest blogs! Enjoy.


Feb 5, 202424 min read
Breast Cancer: Stories and Activism
In September 1971, Ebony magazine published an article that broke a major taboo: a survivor of breast cancer wrote candidly about her...
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Feb 5, 202431 min read
AIDS: A History
Between 25 and 40 million people worldwide have died as a result of opportunistic infections arising from AIDS or Acquired...
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Feb 5, 202428 min read
Tuberculosis: A History
What does tuberculosis look like? If we are thinking about the early-nineteenth century, we might imagine an emaciated, white, male...
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