Molly Caldwell Crosby: "Asleep" (Rebroadcast)

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Molly Caldwell Crosby: "Asleep" (Rebroadcast)

A sleeping sickness epidemic in the wake of the 1918 influenza pandemic has been nearly forgotten. Scientists still don't know what caused it and why it suddenly disappeared, but they fear it could happen again.

A sleeping sickness epidemic in the wake of the 1918 influenza pandemic has been nearly forgotten. Scientists still don't know what caused it and why it suddenly disappeared, but they fear it could happen again.

Guests

Molly Caldwell Crosby

author of bestseller, "The American Plague."

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