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  1. 1923
    Tuberculosis identical among patients of different races
    The National Tuberculosis Association issues a paper stating that “tuberculosis attacks without racial ...
  2. 1930s
    Heart disease, cancer replace infectious diseases as leading causes of death in Hawai‘i
    Heart disease and cancer begin to replace tuberculosis, pneumonia, and gastrointestinal illnesses as ...
  3. 1936
    Measles strikes Hawaiian Islands again
    Historically, measles devastated the Native Hawaiian population, reducing it from 300,000 in 1778, to ...
  4. 1946
    Antibiotics treat leprosy
    The first antibiotics to treat leprosy become available. Called sulfones, in pill form they are well ...
  5. 1951
    No tuberculosis deaths reported in Hawai‘i
    For the first time since tuberculosis was diagnosed in the Hawaiian Islands, no deaths are reported ...