Good Blood

Published: Sept. 18, 2020, 7 p.m.

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Guest:\\xa0Julian Guthrie, Author of \\u201cGood Blood: A Doctor, a Donor, and the Incredible Breakthrough That Saved Millions of Babies\\u201d
Rh disiease was a chronic problem during pregnancy in which the mother\'s immune system attacked the unborn child she was carrying.\\xa0Dr. John Gorman found a most improbable cure from a fourteen year old Australian boy who recieved a life saving blood transfusion in\\xa01951.
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Jonas Salk: Hero and Outcast
Guest: Dr. Charlotte Jacobs, Professor, Medicine, Stanford University, and author, "Jonas Salk: A Life"
America rejoiced when Jonas Salk\'s polio vaccine was announce on April 12, 1955. Polio had terrified the nation for decades, and within 25 years the disease was eradicated in the US. The public and press loved Jonas Salk, so why did his colleagues sideline him?'