Epidemics in Indiana history: encore

<p dir="ltr">Does history offer any lessons in taking on the challenges of a viral threat? To explore this topic that never has been more timely, <strong>Hoosier History Live</strong> will air our <strong>Epidemics in Indiana history</strong> show that originally was broadcast in 2014 amid widespread concern about <strong><a href= "http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ebola-outbreak-in-west-africa-slideshow/;_ylt=A0LEVvJd9lpU33UAiXYPxQt.">Ebola</a></strong> and the possibility of an epidemic in this country.</p> <p dir="ltr">Did you know a <strong><a href= "http://www.iupui.edu/~anthpm/survey.html">malaria epidemic</a></strong> swept <strong>Indianapolis</strong> just as the Hoosier capital was getting under way in the 1820s? Some doctors blamed the epidemic on the swamps and marshland that were on the new city's site, which was chosen because of its central location.</p> <p dir="ltr">During this show, Nelson and his guests, two medical historians, explore the impact of that early epidemic, plus others that affected not only Indiana, but places far beyond our borders.</p> <p dir="ltr">The <strong><a href= "http://www.flu.gov/pandemic/history/1918/life_in_1918/index.html">influenza epidemic of 1918</a></strong>, a <strong><a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cholera_outbreaks_and_pandemics">cholera</a></strong> epidemic of the mid-1800s, the <strong><a href= "http://www.hoosierhistorylive.org/mail/2012-06-16.html">polio scare</a></strong> that prevailed for most of the first half of the 20th century and the <strong><a href= "http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS">AIDS epidemic</a></strong> that caused panic during the 1980s and '90s are among the crises we examine during this show.</p> <p dir="ltr">We also look into the devastating impact of <strong><a href= "http://www.cdc.gov/tb/">tuberculosis</a></strong> during the late 1800 and early 1900s - even though "epidemic" may not be the most accurate term to describe the widespread TB cases (tune in to the show for an explanation).</p> <p dir="ltr"><img src= "http://hoosie