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“Carville’s Cure” by Pam Fessler

Location https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pp-live-pam-fessler-carvilles-cure-with-ailsa-chang-tickets-109826722684
Date Sunday, July 19, 2020 at 5:00pm - 6:00pm
Duration   1 hours
Link https://www.politics-prose.com/event/book/pp-live-pam-fessler-carvilles-cure-leprosy-stigma-and-fight-justice-in-conversation-ailsa
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P&P Live!: Pam Fessler – Carville's Cure: Leprosy, Stigma, and the Fight for Justice – in conversation with Ailsa Chang

Following the trail of an unexpected family connection, acclaimed journalist Pam Fessler has unearthed the lost world of the patients, nurses, doctors, and researchers at Carville – the site of the only leprosy colony in the continental United States– who struggled for over a century to eradicate Hansen's disease, the modern name for leprosy.

Pam Fessler is an award-winning correspondent with NPR News, where she covers poverty, philanthropy, and voting issues

Ailsa Chang is an award-winning journalist who hosts NPR's All Things Considered.

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