How Infectious Disease Shaped NYC

The Brian Lehrer Show | Sep 14, 2018

Dr. Rebecca Jacobs, co-curator of the exhibit "Germ City: Microbes and the Metropolis" at the Museum of the City of New York, and WNYC reporter Amanda Aronczyk preview the new exhibit which explores the history of New York through infectious disease and the desire to contain them.

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