William Foege Epidemiologist
Mass vaccinations didn’t work to stop smallpox. Foege came up with the idea that did work.
From This is True for 1 February 2026
Mass vaccinations didn’t work to stop smallpox. Foege came up with the idea that did work.
From This is True for 1 February 2026
“I realized I had to get an education to get out.”
From This is True for 18 January 2026
Croft was the first human known to have dived to deeper than 200 ft …without the aid of air hoses or tanks.
From This is True for 11 January 2026
Kibrick was the last of the featured Our Gang movie short characters.
From This is True for 4 January 2026
He didn’t merely escape poverty: he engineered paths for those who came up behind him.
From This is True for 27 December 2025
“What gets remembered is a function of who’s in the room doing the remembering.”
From This is True for 21 December 2025
“I have always been proud to be a medic. It’s a special privilege.”
From This is True for 14 December 2025
She simply wouldn’t take no for an answer.
From This is True for 7 December 2025
A retired Deputy Chief of LAPD, Downing came to completely oppose the War on Drugs as the cost, in money and lives, is worse than the drug problem.
From This is True for 23 November 2025
Roberts got rich from a singular idea: freezing burritos.
From This is True for 9 November 2025