For minorities in the 1980s, the future was uncertain. The HIV/AIDS epidemic was on the rise, while quality information and resources were nowhere to be found. As time went on, misconceptions and maltreatments became commonplace. Despite statistics showing otherwise, minorities were often led to believe that the virus was not a threat to them. Minorities often thought that the misfortune...
In the late 19th century, the United States faced a series of troubling economic and social transformations. In response, progressive reformers designed a modern approach to solving problems: conducting research, identifying potential solutions, and then lobbying for reform. Women were often in the forefront of efforts for reform.
The need for more efficient and effective methods to address...
Seven Gottingen miniature pigs aged between five and seven weeks underwent a combination of compression and decompression exercises while inside a hyperbaric chamber. The tests, which were conducted in England 1989, would last an hour and include intermittent and controlled time periods. After each exposure, the minipig would be walked in a long corridor, so that scientist could observe any neurologic...
On August 19, 1995, The Globe and Mail reported an attention-grabbing incident. Nazrul Bhuiyan, an honest Bangladeshi journalist who wrote articles exposing the military-run Bangladeshi government corruption, was no longer safe in his country. Consequently, in 1989, with his wife and four children, Bhuiyan sought refugee status in Toronto, Canada. Realizing that 10,000 Bangladeshis already...
Every day for twenty years Duane Zimmerman would drive to Orlando Regional Medical Center to work. Every day for twenty years Duane Zimmerman left his home in suburban MetroWest and traveled through poor and dangerous parts of Orlando to reach his job on the prosperous edge of Downtown Orlando. Zimmerman left his own little Levittown – a big white house with a massive lawn, all demarcated by a...