By Kerstin Haskell, President, World BioHazTec and 2024–2025 President, Chesapeake Area Biological Safety Association (ChABSA) Back in January, I was on the State of Maryland’s website—why, I honestly can’t remember—but there on the homepage I saw a link: “Request a Proclamation.” Something about that link sparked a thought: What if ChABSA’s annual symposium had an […]
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Early History of Tuberculosis in the U.S. Tuberculosis (TB) has a long, devastating history in the United States. Once known as “The Captain of Death” and the “White Plague,” this deadly disease shaped not only the public’s health but also everyday behaviors and how we as a society responded to infectious threats. Though its grip […]
In the early 1950s, as the United States relaxed in the post-WWII glow, a terrifying disease threatened to disrupt the safety and peace that families had fought so hard to secure. Polio, a virus that cast a shadow over families for decades, surged to alarming levels, with a peak of 57,879 reported cases in 1952, […]
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