Malaria: The Disease That Shaped History

Everything Everywhere Daily

Gary Arndt

History, Education

4.8 • 1.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 January 2025

⏱️ 16 minutes

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Malaria is one of the oldest known infectious diseases, with a history spanning thousands of years. It has shaped human civilization, influenced wars, and driven scientific advancements in medicine and public health. However, humanity has been making strides against this ancient disease over the last 250 years. We have learned what causes it and how it is transmitted, and we might be close to eradicating it completely. Learn more about malaria, how it has impacted humanity, and the quest to eliminate it in this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily. Sponsors Mint Mobile Cut your wireless bill to 15 bucks a month at mintmobile.com/eed MasterClass Get up to 50% off at MASTERCLASS.COM/EVERYWHERE Quince Go to quince.com/daily for 365-day returns, plus free shipping on your order! ButcherBox New users that sign up for ButcherBox will receive 2 lbs of grass-fed ground beef in every box for the lifetime of their subscription + $20 off your first box when you use code daily at checkout! Subscribe to the podcast! https://everything-everywhere.com/everything-everywhere-daily-podcast/ -------------------------------- Executive Producer: Charles Daniel Associate Producers: Ben Long & Cameron Kieffer Become a supporter on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/everythingeverywhere Update your podcast app at newpodcastapps.com Discord Server: https://discord.gg/UkRUJFh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/everythingeverywhere/ Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/everythingeverywheredaily Twitter: https://twitter.com/everywheretrip Website: https://everything-everywhere.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Malaria is one of the oldest known infectious diseases, with history spanning thousands of years.
0:06.1	It shaped human civilization, influenced wars, and driven scientific advancements in medicine and public health.
0:12.6	However, humanity has been making strides against this ancient disease over the last 250 years.
0:18.9	We've learned what caused it, how it's transmitted,
0:21.6	and we might be close to eradicating it completely.
0:25.3	Learn more about malaria,
0:26.8	how it's impacted humanity and the quest to eliminate it
0:29.6	on this episode of Everything Everywhere Daily.
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