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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...
America deserves a COVID-19 inquiry like the one New Jersey just conducted | Mike Kelly
The Bergen Record via Yahoo News· 3 months agoAsking someone to assess the impact of a deadly health pandemic surely must be the equivalent of...
The spillover of bird flu to mammals must be ‘monitored closely,’ WHO officials warn: ‘We need to be...
Fortune via Yahoo Finance· 1 year agoSince H5N1 was identified in 1996, only rarely have human cases occurred, and there hasn't been...
The deadliest viruses in history
Live Science via Yahoo News· 2 years agoInfluenza is one of the deadliest viruses in the world Humans have been fighting viruses since the species has existed. For some viral diseases, vaccines...
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...
Second Opinion: Vaccine disruptions and mistrust are ramping up measles risk
Los Angeles Times Opinion via Yahoo News· 2 years agoSigns advertising measles vaccines and information are displayed at the Rockland County Health...
Declining U.S. life expectancy fell further in 2021 due to COVID and drug overdoses
LA Times via Yahoo News· 1 year agoU.S. life expectancy, already declining since the onset of the pandemic, fell further in 2021,...