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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 ... |
1923 Tuberculosis identical among patients of different races The National Tuberculosis Association issues a paper stating that “tuberculosis attacks without racial ... |
1946 Antibiotics treat leprosy The first antibiotics to treat leprosy become available. Called sulfones, in pill form they are well ... |
1936 Measles strikes Hawaiian Islands again Historically, measles devastated the Native Hawaiian population, reducing it from 300,000 in 1778, to ... |
1951 No tuberculosis deaths reported in Hawai‘i For the first time since tuberculosis was diagnosed in the Hawaiian Islands, no deaths are reported ... |