CNN — Pandemic: It's a scary word. But the world has seen pandemics before, and worse ones, too. Consider the influenza pandemic of 1918, often referred to erroneously as the "Spanish flu." ...
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Century-Old Mystery Solved: What Scientists Just Learned from the 1918 Spanish Flu Virus
A groundbreaking study by researchers from the Universities of Basel and Zurich has unlocked one of the most significant viral mysteries of the 20th century. By decoding the genome of the 1918 ...
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When the Spanish flu upended universities, students paid the price
In the fall of 1918, Edward Kidder Graham, the president of the University of North Carolina, tried to reassure anxious parents. The Spanish flu was spreading rapidly, but Graham insisted the ...
One family in Bristol, Tennessee, lost four daughters – all between the ages of 18 months and 14 years – during the Spanish influenza that began in 1918. The small community of Clintwood, Virginia, ...
For years, internet users have shared a rumor about U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claiming that vaccines caused the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic known as the Spanish flu. One ...
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