Archive: Timothy Newfield
24 Articles
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“Don’t Compare Past Pandemics to the COVID-19 Crisis”, Georgetown University Interviews Timothy Newfield
Georgetown University talked with Timothy Newfield about the differences between this pandemic and devastating flu of the early.…
April 1, 2020
- Scholarship
“The Justinianic Plague: An Inconsequential Pandemic?”
Timothy Newfield and his co-authors challenge current consensus about the number of deaths and significance of the Justinianic.…
December 2, 2019
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“Rapid Range Shifts in African Anopheles Mosquitoes Over the Last Century”
The team of researchers that includes Emily Mendenhall and Timothy Newfield uses historical data to trace range shifts in Anopheles mosquitoes, which are the vector of malaria…
June 19, 2019
- Scholarship
“Mysterious and Mortiferous Clouds: The Climate Cooling and Disease Burden of Late Antiquity”
Timothy Newfield inquires on the influence of climate on disease in Late Antiquity. Particular attention is paid to the Justinianic Plague, but the potential impacts of a…
February 21, 2019