Hear the interesting story of the disease that despite being one of the more extensively studied and well-understood diseases in human history, has been a public health problem from antiquity until today. Learn the details of an illness that wh...

On this episode of Filth in America, we discuss the Measles, a disease that at one time infected nearly everyone in the U.S., but was eradicated in America by the year 2000. 25 years after it's eradication in America, measles is back and again ...

Polio was once one of the most frightening diseases in America, seeming appearing out of nowhere and sickening thousands. With the advent of a vaccine, it disappeared from America just as fast, although continued to affect the rest of the world...

In this episode hear the compelling story of how an observation by a young dentist led to the development of one of the 10 most important public health interventions in history.

In this episode hear the story of how American public health know-how was the key to the building of the Panama Canal