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Melvin “Jim” Dickey, 95, of Beech Creek, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2023. Born on Nov. 17, 1928 in Beec
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Melvin “Jim” Dickey, 95, of Beech Creek, passed away peacefully in his home surrounded by family on Saturday, Dec. 10, 2023. Born on Nov. 17, 1928 in Beec
William (Bill) Jenkins was born to Martha and Albert Jenkins in Mount Pleasant, S.C. He graduated from Laing High School and went on to continue his education at Morehouse College (B.A.), Georgetown University (M.A.), University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (M.P.H. and Ph.D.), and Harvard University (post doctoral). In 1983, he married Dr. Diane Rowley and they had one daughter, Danielle Rowley-Jenkins.
Nancy Krieger reflects on the still-relevant themes of her 30-year-old paper.
MU hosted its annual Remembers event Friday to commemorate those who have passed over the last year.
The Social Order From the time of the Roman Empire until well after the discovery of the tuberculosis bacterium in 1882, many of the best medical minds believed that "miasmas"—invisible vapors emitted from the earth—caused killer infections such as typhus, diphtheria, and malaria. Though the bacteriological revolution of the late nineteenth century routed that theory, a new miasma theory has lately sprung up in schools of public health, holding that racism and sexism, though as unmeasurable as the ancient miasmas, cause AIDS, cancer, drug addiction, and heart disease. Indeed, according to...