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1 day ago · The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 influenza A virus.
May 24, 2024 · Medicine in World War I is divided into several broad categories: common diseases of the battlefield and camps; injuries and prosthetic devices; shell-shock and stress; military nursing; and the Spanish influenza epidemic.
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May 11, 2024 · Step back in time to 1918 and uncover the chilling story of the Spanish flu pandemic, one of the deadliest outbreaks in human history. In this riveting video, we delve deep into the origins,...
May 24, 2024 · Explore the devastating impact of the 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic, which infected a third of the world's population and claimed over 50 million lives. Discover how this deadly virus changed...
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May 17, 2024 · The 1918 Influenza Epidemic. Newspaper Articles about the epidemic in Lowell. Produced by the University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine and Michigan Publishing, University of Michigan Library. The American Influenza Epidemic of 1918 - 1819 - A digital Encyclopedia.
May 23, 2024 · The chapter concludes analyzing the Spanish flu, which made the world aware of the danger posed by the influenza viruses – and which is arguably the best term of comparison with the recent COVID-19 pandemic, due to some epidemiological similarities.
May 16, 2024 · Guy Beiner, Sullivan Chair of Irish Studies at Boston College, has published the edited volume Pandemic Re-Awakenings: The Forgotten and Unforgotten ‘Spanish’ Flu of 1918-1919 (Oxford University Press). Beiner, whose expertise is the history of remembering and forgetting in the late-modern era, has a long-standing interest in the Great Flu ...
