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In spring of 1918, World War I was underway, and troops at Fort Riley, Kansas, found themselves felled by influenza. By the summer of 1918, the second wave struck as a highly contagious and lethal epidemic and within weeks exploded into a pandemic, an illness that travels rapidly from one continent to another. It would impact the course of the war, and kill many millions more soldiers than warfare itself. Of all diseases, the 1918 flu was by far the...
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"The Spanish flu of 1918-1920 was one of the greatest human disasters of all time. It infected a third of the people on Earth--from the poorest immigrants of New York City to the king of Spain, Franz Kafka, Mahatma Gandhi and Woodrow Wilson. But despite a death toll of between 50 and 100 million people, it exists in our memory as an afterthought to World War I. In this gripping narrative history, Laura Spinney traces the overlooked pandemic to reveal...
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The MacArthur Fellow and author of Dead Cities presents a terrifying forecast of a new global threat—and “its argument is irrefutable” (The Independent).
Hailed by The Nation as a “master of disaster prose,” author and activist Mike Davis addresses the imminent catastrophe of Avian influenza. In 1918, a pandemic strain of influenza killed at least forty million people...
Hailed by The Nation as a “master of disaster prose,” author and activist Mike Davis addresses the imminent catastrophe of Avian influenza. In 1918, a pandemic strain of influenza killed at least forty million people...
17) Influenza
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Information about the flu virus, how it makes one feel, how it has spread, and its impact in history.
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Dr. Joe Bresee, Chief, Epidemiology & Prevention Branch, CDC Influenza Division, recounts symptoms of seasonal flu, which match those of the H1N1 virus. Covers symptoms which signal the need for immediate, urgent medical care, and provides referrals to relevant CDC resources.
19) Fighting Flu
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Hollywood actor, Wes Studi of Dances with Wolves and Avatar, discusses how flu poses a higher risk to the Native American and Native Alaskan populations, and the importance of getting a flu shot. A Production of the CDC and the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).