Stories by Monica H. Green

Monica H. Green is a historian of medicine, specializing in the pre-modern period and the global history of infectious diseases. A fellow of the Medieval Academy of America, she is currently completing a global history of the Black Death.

Coronavirus,3d render on Black Background

OpinionAugust 14, 2023

Racist COVID Claims Spread by RFK, Jr., and Other Demagogues Are Deadly

False claims about racial susceptibility to COVID by Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., and others are dangerous and reveal a widespread misunderstanding of our shared vulnerability to disease

Eleanor J. Murray, Monica H. Green