If you cannot make it in person to the next lecture “Toxic Shock Syndrome: A Lasting Legacy” no need to worry. It will be streamed LIVE on the day of the event. Simply follow one of the links below.

Facebook Live:
View the lecture on Facebook Live via the CDC Facebook page – www.facebook.com/cdc

Stream #1 No Captions:
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Stream #2 Open Captions:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/QyXBRzYjVCS

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Captions are only available on the stream #2 link.

“We Were There” is a quarterly lecture series featuring past and present CDC investigators – the original Disease Detectives – as they share their personal perspectives on historically important, CDC-led epidemiologic and laboratory investigations. This series will provide insight into the rich past of CDC and give the audience a chance to hear first-hand accounts from the responders.

For more as to how the “We Were There” series came to be – visit our About “We Were There” page.

Toxic Shock Syndrome: A Lasting Legacy

October 19, 2017, 1:00pm ET
Join us to hear how a disease outbreak associated with tampon use sickened healthy women in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Listen to CDC’s original disease detectives describe how they unraveled the link between Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS) and high-absorbency tampons. Learn how their investigations substantially decreased TSS cases and had a lasting impact on public health confidentiality.

E. coli   O157

In 1993, four children died and more than 700 people in four states were sickened with severe and often bloody diarrhea. Public health investigators quickly linked the disease outbreaks to E. coli  O157, spread through hamburgers served at fast-food restaurants. Most of the cases occurred in Washington.

Conquering Polio in America: The Cutter Incident and Beyond

In 1955, some batches of polio vaccine given to the public contained live polio virus, even though they had passed required safety testing. Over 250 cases of polio were attributed to vaccines produced by one company: Cutter Laboratories. This case, which came to be known as the Cutter Incident, resulted in many cases of paralysis. The vaccine was recalled as soon as cases of polio were detected.

Folic Acid, Birth Defects and Perspectives from China

In the late 1980s, researchers at CDC made a discovery that would prove to be one of the greatest achievements in the history of public health. While performing a population-based study on birth defects, investigators found that folic acid in a multivitamin could reduce the risk of neural tube defects.

History, Mystery, and Discovery: 40 Years of Legionnaires’ Disease

In 1976, more than 200 attendees of an American Legion convention in Philadelphia fell ill, and dozens died. Doctors were unable to pinpoint the cause of this mysterious and deadly outbreak. CDC’s disease detectives went to work, and though it took several months and countless hours, the responsible pathogen was eventually identified.

“And the Band Played On… Early Days of the AIDS Epidemic in the United States: Views from Atlanta and Hollywood”

On May 25, 2016, OADS offered the first in the “We Were There” lecture series. The inaugural event, “And the Band Played On…Early Days of the AIDS Epidemic in the United States: Views from Atlanta and Hollywood,” commemorated the 35th anniversary of the first AIDS MMWR article with a presentation by Dr. Harold Jaffe and Dr. Jim Curran.