Today, particularly in the United States, People of Color are not given nearly enough of the spotlight for the incredible efforts that they have achieved in history. This is especially true for…
Category: Historical Diseases
Famous women in global healthcare
We continue our exploration of famous figures in healthcare, today we focus on famous women. These are some of our favorites, who inspired us at very young ages. Each of these influential…
Famous figures in medical research.
Examining famous figures who have had great impact on medical research continues our series celebrating World Health Workers. We continue recognizing these amazing people with this post about some of those who…
Famous Figures for specific diseases
As we continue our exploration during World Health Worker Week, we focus today on famous figures in medical research of specific diseases. Alois Alzheimer, a German neuropathologist and psychiatrist, identified the first…
Famous people in early medicine.
We can‘t celebrate World Health Worker Week, without talking about famous people in early medicine at the very beginnings of global healthcare. These individuals are some of the most important people in…
Epidemics and Pandemics: why study them?
One of the things we get asked a lot right now is about Epidemics and Pandemics. With the current impact of modern epidemics traveling throughout the world, it’s understandable. While we’re going…