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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· 9 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· 2 years agoFor a half-century, scientists have been trying to develop a vaccine that would protect against the...
Right now people can't easily infect each other with bird flu, but could that change?
Scripps News via AOL· 1 day agoThe H5N1 bird flu continues to spread among American dairy cows, with infections showing up in 93...
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...
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...
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 ...
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...