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1918 flu pandemic upended long-standing social inequalities – at least for a time, new study finds
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoIn this November 1918 photo, a nurse tends to a patient in the influenza ward of the Walter Reed...
Study discounts belief 1918 flu pandemic targeted healthy young adults
United Press International via Yahoo News· 8 months agoNew evidence from the remains of 1918 influenza victims contradicts a long-held belief that healthy...
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...
What You Need To Know About the Cold and Flu Season
Cheapism via AOL· 8 months agoStock-Asso/shutterstock Flus Rush In Though winter may have many of us hunkering down amid cold snaps and snowstorms, it's also a time that ushers in...
Experimental flu shot aims to target 20 influenza viruses in a single vaccine
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFor a half-century, scientists have been trying to develop a vaccine that would protect against the...
Letter to Santa written in 1918: What became of orphan boy who lost parents to Spanish flu
The Progress-Index via Yahoo News· 5 months agoMATOACA — The late Henry Munt Partin, an orphan who grew up in Matoaca, reached out to Santa Claus...
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...
When COVID-19 or flu viruses kill, they often have an accomplice – bacterial infections
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 years agoBacteria can team up with viruses to cause coinfections. Erlon Silva - TRI Digital/Moment via Getty...
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 ...
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...