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CONN 490: Bring Out Your Dead: How Past Outbreaks Informed Modern Public Health & Medicine

International Newspapers

A good place to start searching for information on current outbreaks in a country is to search international news sources. In the search bar below, you can search a country name and climate related topic, such as "Mexico (pandemic OR outbreak)," then filter by the news sources of your choice:

Feel free to consult another international news source. You can search their website directly, or you can search Google and filter that news site by adding "site:nytimes.com" (for example). If you'd like a source to be added to the list of filters above, email me!

The University of Puget Sound offers a FREE subscription to The New York Times! Setting up an account is quick and easy.

Historical Newspapers

Example - Historical Newspapers

Sample search: (governor OR mayor) AND ("spanish flu" OR "spanish flue" OR "spanish influenza")

Newspaper Databases

If you've been searching international and local news sources, you may have frequently encountered paywalls restricting content. Use these global news databases to find articles without worrying about paywalls or ads:

Local Newspapers

After browsing international news related to your country, you can then search and read local newspapers below. The challenge here, unfortunately, is that these newspapers may not be in English, and the content of those that are may not be reflective or representative of the country's non English speaking population.