Celebrating Black History Month: African American influence and contributions to science, infection prevention and infection control
African American influence and contributions to science, infection prevention and infection control In honor of Black History Month, we reflect on the many contributions made by African Americans that have influenced and shaped our country as we know it today. While most of us are familiar with the extraordinary civil rights work and sacrifices of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., or the brave Harriet Tubman and the Underground Railroad, there are other lesser-known contributions from African Americans, both past and present, that directly affect or influence health care and infectious disease prevention and management. The concept of inoculation was brought to the Western world by an enslaved Black man Did you know that in 1716, an enslaved African man named Onesimus in Boston, Massachusetts, helped save generations of people…









