Follow the Data
Data has been an essential public health tool since at least the seventeenth century. Helping the world understand and mitigate the spread of disease, data has helped us make sense of the threats to our collective health.
Previews + Extras
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S1 E2 - 30s
Data has been an essential public health tool since at least the seventeenth century. Helping the world understand and mitigate the spread of disease, data has helped us make sense of the threats to our collective health.
The Origins of Cholera
S1 E2 - 2m 57s
Steven Johnson describes the origins of cholera and how interventions stopped the spread.
Cholera and the Modern Public Health System
S1 E2 - 1m 12s
How the 1854 cholera outbreak led to the birth of the modern public health system.
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