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Nov. 20, 2009
Smallpox
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| We'll talk with public health expert DA Henderson about his new book "Smallpox - the Death of a Disease." Henderson, an American physician and epidemiologist, headed the international effort during the 1960s to eradicate smallpox worldwide. |
Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
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DA Henderson
Author, "Smallpox: The Death of a Disease" (Prometheus Books, 2009)
Director, World Health Organization's Global Smallpox Eradication Campaign (1966-1977)
Distinguished Scholar, Center for Biosecurity
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center<
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Smallpox- the Death of a Disease: The Inside Story of Eradicating a Worldwide Killer
by D. A. Henderson
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