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The game ‘Monopoly’

Once designed to teach, preach, or persuade, these familiar board games now mask the strange historical forces that informed their conception.

Colin Scanlon
Jonas Salk with bottles of the polio vaccine he developed.

From eradicating smallpox to battling the COVID-19 pandemic, these vaccine pioneers have helped make colossal strides in public health.

Rujuta Saksena