Contagion: Responding to Infectious Disease [rebroadcast]
As the Zika virus spreads across the Americas, it’s worth looking
at how the U.S. has responded to past epidemics. In this episode of
BackStory, the Guys consider the impact of smallpox on New York
City’s 19th century immigrant communities, and explore th
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BackStory is a weekly public podcast hosted by U.S. historians Ed Ayers, Brian Balogh, Nathan Connolly and Joanne Freeman. We're based in Charlottesville, Va. at the Virginia Foundation for the Humanities.
Each week we take a topic that people are t...
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As the Zika virus spreads across the Americas, it’s worth looking
at how the U.S. has responded to past epidemics. In this episode of
BackStory, the Guys consider the impact of smallpox on New York
City’s 19th century immigrant communities, and explore the rampant
spread of diseases in the wake of the Civil War and the first World
War.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
at how the U.S. has responded to past epidemics. In this episode of
BackStory, the Guys consider the impact of smallpox on New York
City’s 19th century immigrant communities, and explore the rampant
spread of diseases in the wake of the Civil War and the first World
War.
Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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