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Lydia Edwards Dies; Physician Guided Tuberculosis ResearchNovember 13, 2001 Lydia B. Edwards, 96, a Public Health Service physician who retired in 1973 as a medical director assigned to TB research operations at the National Institutes of Health, died of cardiac arrest Nov. 7 at a retirement facility in Bedford, Mass. During World War II, Edwards worked for the UN in Yugoslavia, setting up medical care systems in war-torn areas. From 1948 to 1955, she helped oversee a UN program to eradicate TB in Denmark. Her work took her throughout Europe, India, Russia and Japan. Back to other CDC news for November 13, 2001 Washington Post 11.09.01  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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