Cindy Ermus

Investigating Guillain-Barre Syndrome and Vaccines: Is There a Link? Research exploring the link between vaccines and Guillain-Barre syndrome suggests there is a minimal overall risk for GBS associated with vaccination.

Since this question came up in class last week on flu vaccination and Guillain-Barre syndrome, I think I’ll mention this tomorrow: “most research indicates that active influenza infection poses a higher risk for GBS, and vaccination may provide protection against it” cc @jackiantonovich.bsky.social

And we have our cover! @cindyermus.bsky.social

Join me tomorrow for this talk on public health in South Africa and the history of US philanthropy (and its recent tragic end).

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Here's the TOC! Feb. 2026.

Please join us a week from today for History of Medicine Week! Free registration through link below. @aahmhistmed.bsky.social

I'm sorry you've been going through it lately, Kevin. When it rains, right? But HUZZAH on your recent victories! It will serve as motivation to keep doing awesome things. You got this!

Always a joy to work with and edit @bryanbanksphd.bsky.social! Looking forward to reading more about his pedagogical experiments in this next #AHAPerspectives.

Nothing makes the morning better than page proofs! @cindyermus.bsky.social @ageofrevolutions.bsky.social

UK researchers find Alzheimer’s-like brain changes in long COVID patients New research from the University of Kentucky’s Sanders-Brown Center on Aging shows compelling evidence that the cognitive impairments observed in long COVID patients share striking similarities with t...

“People don’t usually connect COVID-19 with Alzheimer’s disease,” Jiang said, “but our review of emerging evidence suggests otherwise.”

uknow.uky.edu/research/uk-...

Seriously. I've been a fan of the em-dash for years. What kind of metric is that?!

The call for papers for the 2026 annual meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine is live now! We hope you will join us in Buffalo!

histmed.org/buffalo-2026/

Cuts to the Food Safety System Threaten Americans’ Health

"The CDC has quietly and drastically scaled back the country’s most comprehensive system for tracking the food-borne illnesses estimated to sicken millions of Americans each year."
The most vulnerable among us--children, and the elderly, ill, or pregnant--are most at risk.

Associate or Full Professor of History and The Wallace Stegner Chair of Western American Studies The Department of History and Philosophy at Montana State University invites applications for a tenure-track position at the level of Associate or Full Professor with expertise in the history of the N...

We are pleased to announce a search for The Wallace Stegner Chair of Western American Studies in the Department of History at Montana State University-Bozeman. This is an exciting moment at MSU. Join us.

jobs.montana.edu/postings/48151

New History Job Posted Today: Early Modern European History, Brown University | Brown University

Our book is out!! Happy publication day to our fantastic team of editors and authors.

I must interject one more time to say that *buffalo* sauce with pizza is okay at any temperature :)

I have to second this.

Opinion | We Are Watching a Scientific Superpower Destroy Itself

“Why on earth would we abandon institutions that have genuinely made America great?…Why would we put at risk laboratories that are working to cure cancers or perfecting artificial limbs or exploring deep space or testing the limits of artificial intelligence?”

Saw a big burly man at the farmer's market today wearing a "Jesus loves DEI" shirt ❤️

History of Vaccines – AHA The American Historical Association (AHA) will host a Congressional Briefing offering historical perspectives on vaccines. The briefing will take place on Wednesday, November 5, at 3:00 p.m. ET in Ray...

Rockstar panel, IMO. I hope they air it on CSPAN.

www.historians.org/event/histor...

Please feel free to email me the revised paragraph/s and I'll plug it right in.

Absolutely! We'd love that. Thank you.

A wonderful AoR piece by @profwehrman.bsky.social, author of The Contagion of Liberty: The Politics of Smallpox in the American Revolution (a must-read!)

On 6 Oct, 10-11am CST, Dr. Cath Burns of U of Johannesburg will deliver a Zoom talk for medical hums. at Nebraska titled "Faith, Hope and Science in the Time of AIDS: The Sinikethemba Centre and McCord Zulu Hospital." Flyer, abstract, & bio below.
Advance registration required: go.unl.edu/hmedburns

it's criminal. And should be treated as such.

Florida moves to end all school vaccine mandates, first in nation to do so Florida Surgeon General Joseph A. Ladapo criticized school vaccine mandates, which every state has, and likened them to slavery.

This is an unfolding disaster. If I were still in FL, this would absolutely be grounds for leaving at the first opportunity. And he likened them to...slavery???? No words.

Wonderful news! Congratulations, Alyssa!

A couple of #histSTM #histsci #philsci positions opening up: Asst Prof in Philosophy of Science & Technology (TT) at University of Toronto, apps due Oct 15 (including letters of rec).

jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

"The use of generative AI to write any part of an article’s text or notes or to generate ideas is strictly prohibited":
One would think this goes without saying among scholars! But it doesn't hurt to make it explicitly clear.