Extra Life

Celebrating the unsung heroes who made it happen, Extra Life: A Short History of Living Longer reveals the little-known story of a public health revolution that doubled the human lifespan in less than a century, paving the way for modern medicine.  The timely four-part series explores the lessons learned from previous pandemics—including smallpox, cholera, and the Spanish flu—and reveals how scientists, doctors, self-experimenters, and activists fundamentally changed how we think about illness thanks to medical innovations that conquered some of the world’s deadliest diseases