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EPISODE · Sep 9, 2026 · 29 MIN

How We Overcame Tuberculosis in the United States

from The Measure of Everyday Life

Public health workers and medical workers help to make it possible for us to live the lives we do, although we do not always emphasize that in talking about our history. On this episode, we talk with Maria Smilios, faculty member at the Columbia University School of Public Health and author of The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses who Helped Cure Tuberculosis.

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