Medicine in Durham and Duke University

The LGHP was founded in 1982. Due to the emergence of AIDS, it quickly became the most prominent group dealing with the epidemic, and began to provide direct support services to people with AIDS. The group also provided educational programs targeting both heterosexual and gay/lesbian audiences about specific lesbian and gay health concerns and HIV/AIDS.

Durham-based community organization that provided health advice and workshops for the lesbian community in NC. Successor to the North Carolina Lesbian and Gay Health Project, founded in 1982. The LHRC opened in 1996.

Everett was a Durham lawyer and wrote extensively about the flu pandemic in Durham in 1918/19.

President of Duke during the flu pandemic of 1918. The flu is mentioned throughout Few's correspondence files for that time period.

The meeting minutes of the Durham County Chamber of Commerce mention the business response to the flu pandemic.

Contains the 1919 and 1923 Durham County health reports which list deaths by many infectious diseases.

Collection comprises correspondence, clippings, and photographs relating to the life and career of Dr. J. H. Epperson, from his appointment in 1915 to the newly-formed Durham, N.C. Department of Health to his death in 1958. He led major county-wide campaigns against early 20th century infectious diseases such as tuberculosis, typhus, polio, and venereal disease; he also instituted sanitation practices for local milk production.

In this detailed history of infectious diseases, John Hamilton draws upon his extensive experience with other faculty members and staff and delivers an insider's account of some of the more prevalent and/or serious diseases, the physicians and researchers studying them, and the programs supporting them at Duke University and its affiliate, the Durham VA Medical Center.

An analysis of an AIDS caregiving facility in the city of Durham by Duke alum and reporter Nia-Malika Henderson.