: HIV/AIDS, malaria, tuberculosis, influenza, and COVID-19. Although major epidemics and pandemics can take an enormous …

We exploit the introduction of sulfa drugs in 1937 to identify the causal impact of exposure to pneumonia in infancy on … pneumonia as these were the areas that benefited most from the availability of sulfa drugs. These estimates are, in general … our finding that African Americans experienced larger absolute reductions in pneumonia mortality after the arrival of …

We exploit the introduction of sulfa drugs in 1937 to identify the causal impact of exposure to pneumonia in infancy on … pneumonia as these were the areas that benefited most from the availability of sulfa drugs. These estimates are, in general … our finding that African Americans experienced larger absolute reductions in pneumonia mortality after the arrival of …

context. In an experiment with 3,182 patients at 128 tuberculosis (TB) treatment centers in India, we find peers are indeed …

This paper examines the economic impact of a tuberculosis control program launched in Norway in 1948. In the 1940s …, Norway had one of the highest tuberculosis infection rates in Europe, affecting about 85 percent of the inhabitants. To lower … the disease burden, the Norwegian government launched a large-scale tuberculosis testing and vaccination campaign that …

The U.S. tuberculosis movement pioneered many of the strategies of modern public health campaigns. Dedicated to …. Although remarkable in its scope and intensity, the effectiveness of the tuberculosis (TB) movement has not been studied in a …