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UrduA CDC insider’s recollections from 60 years ago, plus circumstantial evidence, indicate the Tuskegee syphilis study was not kept secret from some top Black physicians as it progressed.
Tag: Medical History
History saved lives in this pandemic. Will society listen next time?
As the pandemic enters its fourth year, the medical historian whose team’s work on the 1918 flu influenced the “flatten the curve” approach in 2020 reflects on what lessons for the future can be drawn by studying recent pandemic history.
The curve is fattening, not flattening. What can we do? An interview with Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., co-creator of the “flatten the curve” concept
Like a replay of the 1918 flu, history seems to be repeating itself with the coronavirus. After “flattening the curve” of cases in late spring and again in late summer, cases of COVID-19 have surged in October.
Howard Markel, M.D., Ph.D., for one, is deeply dismayed – but not surprised. He offers insights into what’s needed to avoid a horrific winter.