Debbie Isley
@debbieisley.bsky.social
Public historian of Washington state and healthcare more generally, writer, educator, wife, mother, open water swimmer, reader, and heart-warming British reality TV enthusiast.
At the turn of the 20th century, tuberculosis-infected milk was killing children. Despite the odds, the U.S. launched a shockingly successful campaign to eradicate bovine TB. I started a Substack, here is my first post!
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“Babies are Cheaper than Cows!”
How Children Once Regularly Contracted Tuberculosis from Milk and the Decades Long Public Health Push to Eradicate Bovine Tuberculosis
deborahisley.substack.com
April 15, 2025 at 10:34 PM
At the turn of the 20th century, tuberculosis-infected milk was killing children. Despite the odds, the U.S. launched a shockingly successful campaign to eradicate bovine TB. I started a Substack, here is my first post!
deborahisley.substack.com/p/babies-are...
deborahisley.substack.com/p/babies-are...
In light of the RFK Jr. nomination to HHS, I think a reminder about the history of some now vaccine-preventable childhood illnesses is in order. Here is a piece I wrote for a local blog about one of the worst: diphtheria. livingsnoqualmie.com/struggling-f...
Struggling for Breath: The Diphtheria Outbreak in the Snoqualmie Valley, 1889-1890
Diphtheria was among the most feared contagions of the late 19th century. Families could lose multiple children to the respiratory illness in a matter of
livingsnoqualmie.com
November 26, 2024 at 10:09 PM
In light of the RFK Jr. nomination to HHS, I think a reminder about the history of some now vaccine-preventable childhood illnesses is in order. Here is a piece I wrote for a local blog about one of the worst: diphtheria. livingsnoqualmie.com/struggling-f...