Throwback Thursday: In 1919, a second wave of Spanish flu lands in Jordan
AgoFeb. 27 1919 Personal property must be paid before tomorrow night, Feb. 28 or a ten-percent penalty will be added. A second wave of the Spanish Influenza epidemic has broken out in ...
From Spanish flu to today: How immune cells keep up with a changing virus
In a breakthrough for influenza research, scientists have discovered immune cells that can recognize influenza (flu) viruses ...
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Why it’s too early to compare COVID-19 with the flu Experts say likening novel coronavirus to the flu understates what’s at stake. To fight the next major pandemic, flu hunters turn to these ...
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Inside the swift, deadly history of the Spanish Flu pandemic
The outbreak of this influenza virus, also known as Spanish flu, spread with astonishing speed around the world, overwhelming India, and reaching Australia and the remote Pacific islands.
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From the Black Death to Spanish flu and smallpox, a brief history of plagues
No matter where you look up the meaning of the word “plague”, it’s never a good thing. It can be confusing, because as a verb, plague means “to cause continual distress”, yet as a noun ...
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Britain since c.1900 and the people's health - OCR B
A man spraying an anti-flu preparation on a London General Omnibus Co bus to try to kill the Spanish flu virus in London in 1920 Nobody is certain about the origins of Spanish influenza (usually ...