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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...
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...
Is the US prepared for a possible bird flu pandemic? What we know.
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs health officials continue to track and manage one of the largest bird flu outbreaks in recorded...
Altru to host movie about Spanish flu pandemic of 1918-19
Grand Forks Herald via Yahoo News· 8 months agoOct. 7—GRAND FORKS — A movie about the Spanish flu, "Influenza 1918," will be shown at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 9, at the Empire Arts Center, 415 DeMers. Admission is free. Presented in conjunction ...
Letter to Santa written in 1918: What became of orphan boy who lost parents to Spanish flu
The Progress-Index via Yahoo News· 6 months agoMATOACA — The late Henry Munt Partin, an orphan who grew up in Matoaca, reached out to Santa Claus...
‘Major Leap’ in Bird Virus Threatens Yet Another Pandemic
The Daily Beast via Yahoo News· 1 year agoRitzau Scanpix/Mads Claus Rasmussen via ReutersThe same highly pathogenic bird-flu virus that’s...
Poll: High flu activity may catch some Americans dangerously off-guard
NewMediaWire via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoSurvey Highlights: More than half of U.S. adults (54%) surveyed indicated they were not very or not...
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...
Righting the past: J.T. Spann, United Order of Brotherhood founder and publisher, dead at 54
Pensacola News Journal via Yahoo News· 9 months agoEditor’s note: This is the 18th in a series of historical obituaries written today to honor the men...
Athens author mines diaries, family history for her novels
Athens Banner-Herald via Yahoo News· 11 months agoWhen Denise D’Angelo Jones’ mother died three years ago, she left her daughters a valuable family...