Sarah Tropper, MA student, and Allie Penn, PhD student, explore the role of nursing during the Spanish flu. There was no cure or vaccine for the illness and caring for patients relied on the nurses who cared for patients by keeping them hydrated and comfortable. This presentation looks at the public health work of the…

Dr. Joe Lunn, of the University of Michigan-Dearborn, discusses the 1918-1919 Spanish Influenza pandemic in Senegal. The impact of the Spanish flu in Africa is often overlooked for a number of reasons including colonization. This presentation explores the three waves that struck the continent and the response to the illness in Africa. Photo credit: Image of…

Dr. Steffi Hartwell examines the HIV/AIDs pandemic of the 1980s. She discusses the origins of the disease and its effect on the United States. Hartwell describes various elements of the HIV/AIDs pandemic that mirror the current coronavirus epidemic and how we can apply what we learned from the AIDs pandemic to today’s epidemic. Link to…