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The World Got Lucky With the Previous Flu Pandemic
The Atlantic· 4 days agoOf the known flu pandemics, 2009’s took the fewest lives; during the H1N1 pandemic that preceded it, which began in 1918, a flu virus infected an...
Archaeology shows how ancient African societies managed pandemics
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 days agoThe Black Death (1347 - 1351) was one; the Spanish flu of 1918 was another. Now there’s COVID-19....
Sandhill crane hunting season isn't a fit for Wisconsin. It would further divide us. | Opinion
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 5 days agoNearly hunted to extinction until the Migratory Bird Protection Act of 1918 was passed giving the...
Campaign encourages more doctors to specialise in sexual health amid rising STIs
Press Association News via AOL· 11 hours agoThe leading organisation for sexual health and HIV professionals in the UK said genitourinary...
June 7, 1953 | The Tragedy of the Madsen Family
KMTV 3 News Now Omaha· 2 days agoAbout 45 miles north of Kearney lays the small town of Arcadia, almost right in the middle of Nebraska. With a population of just over 300, Arcadia is a town in Valley County ...
John Wilmerding (1938-2024)
The Wall Street Journal· 5 days agoBut with the recent publication of Weston Naef’s full catalog of Watkins’s mammoth plate photographs, we can see that this photographer was not only...
How Seaboard Foods rebuilt the Panhandle economy and ushered in a new era of groundwater depletion
The Oklahoman via Yahoo News· 5 days ago“I can’t do it; I’m not going to do it.” ‘We’re going to be sunk’ When Seaboard opened its Guymon...
What a Trump Dictatorship Might Look Like
Newsweek· 4 days agoSerious voices suggest a second term for former President Donald Trump might be a dictatorship. A dictatorship would likely expedite some things Trump's...
Man Dies After H5N2 Bird Flu Infection. Here’s How It Differs From H5N1
Forbes· 6 days agoA new strain of bird flu, H5N2, was just identified in Mexico City, following the death of a...
This week in history: June 10-16
World Socialist Web Site· 1 day agoOn June 10, 1999, NATO halted its bombing campaign of Yugoslavia after its president, Slobodan Milošević, acceded to Washington’s terms paving the way...