Have you heard of the Black nurses who helped cure tuberculosis
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www.tiktok.com TikTok · mariasmilios3 Thank you @accpchest for spotlighting Ms. Allen. Their full story is told in my book:
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www.amazon.com The Black Angels: The Untold Story of the Nurses Who Helped Cure Tuberculosis In the pre-antibiotic days when tuberculosis stirred people’s darkest fears, killing one in seven, white nurses at Sea View, New York’s largest municipal hospital, began quitting en masse. Desperate... Today, we are spotlighting Virginia Allen for #BlackHistoryMonth. Representing the Black Angels, she is a dedicated healthcare leader whose work honors the legacy of Black nurses who cared for #tuberculosis patients when others would not. Learn more:
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Thank you to @TBAlliance @WaiteRobyn for hosting @MariaSmilios to share the story of #TheBlackAngels, the incredible #nurses who assisted in one of the first clinical trials of #isoniazid in humans and helped cure #tuberculosis among patients at #SeaviewHospital in #NYC. #EndTBView quoted post on X
Thank you @ANANursingWorld for continuing to uplift their story of the Black Angels whose contributions to history is more relevant now than ever
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While others fled, the Black Angels stepped up. 🖤These #nurses saved lives & helped cure TB with the 1952 drug trials. You may remember their story from our Book Club last year. Honor their heroism & learn more about their legacy. 🩺#BlackHistoryMonth ow.ly/ybM450V0KCsView quoted post on X
Thank you @paimadhu for your tireless work to eradicate this monster of a disease, TB
And thank you for shining a light on work and words to #endtb
Each of these stories has so much to offer about this scourge of humanity
I'm grateful to be in such wonderful company 🙏
And thank you for shining a light on work and words to #endtb
Each of these stories has so much to offer about this scourge of humanity
I'm grateful to be in such wonderful company 🙏