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Mark Honigsbaum is a medical historian, journalist, and author of five books including The Pandemic Century: One Hundred Years of Panic, Hysteria, and Hubris and The Fever Trail: In Search of the Cure for Malaria. He hosts the podcast series, 'Going Viral: The Mother of all Pandemics', marking the centenary of the 1918 influenza pandemic. His TED-ED animation, ‘How Pandemics Spread’, has been viewed more than 2.75 million times. He is a former chief reporter of the Observer and holds a PhD in medical history. He is currently a lecturer at City University, London.

Books by Mark Honigsbaum

The Pandemic Century

A timely and critically acclaimed 100-year history of pandemics, by medical historian and viral TED talk presenter – with a new chapter on COVID-19.

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