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Witness History: Virus Outbreaks and Breakthroughs

Witness History: Virus Outbreaks and Breakthroughs

Sun, 08/14/2022 - 9:00pm
AM 1370 - NPR News & Talk

 A young girl receives a polio vaccine from Dr. Jonas Salk

Courtesy of the family of Jonas Salk

From the Spanish influenza of 1918, to the SARs epidemic of the early 2000s - Witness History shares these accounts from people who have suffered from viral diseases and those who have worked to find a cure.

Listeners will hear first-person accounts of major moments in the battle against infectious disease, as told by the people who were there. Witness History: Virus Outbreaks and Breakthroughs airs Sunday, August 14 at 9 p.m. on AM 1370.

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