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Skeletal remains debunk myth around 1918 flu pandemic
The Week via Yahoo News· 8 months agoPolicemen in Washington D.C. wear protective masks, 1918. Analysis of skeletal remains from more...
Pandemics Don't Really End—They Echo
Time via Yahoo News· 9 months agoThe public health emergency related to the COVID-19 pandemic officially ended on May 11, 2023. It was a purely administrative step. Viruses do not answer...
Retro: Baltimore bounced back quickly after 1918 Spanish influenza pandemic
Baltimore Sun via Yahoo News· 7 months agoThe early fall of 1918 brought the deadly Spanish influenza to Baltimore — our other, earlier pandemic. The death toll, often affecting people in their 20s and 30s, was devastating. But public ...
COVID deaths were cut nearly in half in 2022, but disease is still a top killer, especially in the...
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoTravelers at Los Angeles International Airport wear masks in May 2022. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles...
The pandemic has irreversibly changed America’s health care system. Here’s why we will all be...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoThe consequences of the latest wave of flu and RSV (respiratory syncytial virus) cases coupled with...
Do I need to worry about Disease X? Here's what experts say about the threat posed by unknown future...
Yahoo Life Style via AOL· 8 months ago"Disease X" refers to a currently unknown pathogen that could cause human disease and trigger a...
The 9 Worst Years in History to be Alive
MediaFeed via AOL· 2 weeks agoMediaFeed; Wikipedia Hellish Years It's funny how a truly sucky year can make you realize how much we take for granted. 2020 really took the cake as the...
The Next U.S. Presidential Election will be a Battle Over Pandemic Memory
Time via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDemonstrators march to the Lincoln Memorial during an anti-vaccine mandate rally on the National...
New York City is crumbling — but officials don't "have enough oomph” to build it back up
Salon via Yahoo News· 5 months agoCollapsed building Bronx Photo courtesy of Benny Polatseck/NYC Mayoral Photography Office New York...
Texas history shows that plagues like COVID don't just go away
Austin American-Statesman via Yahoo News· 2 years agoToday's Think, Texas column is dedicated to remembering the echoes of plague in this state. For no...