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Profiling a Pandemic: The Spanish Flu

At the end of May 1918, the Spanish government was one of the first to admit that a new disease had emerged in their country. The newswire from Reuters reported that King Alfonso XIII, the prime minis... read more

Dr. Bob: What we can learn from the 1918 Flu Pandemic

In 1918, the world experienced a strain of influenza that spread quickly and killed an estimated 20-50 million people. Everyone on earth was exposed. Those who got the flu and survived were considered ... read more

Flu season 2018: How will the UK prepare for a pandemic?

SUMMER in the UK could soon be coming to an end as the scorching heatwave gives way to damp grounds and grey skies and with it comes flu season. With a number of diseases such as Ebola gripping the wo... read more

Young Innovators: Innovative research finds influenza detection system in body

This year marks the centennial of the deadly 1918 influenza pandemic that killed more than 50 million people around the world. Influenza A, the most severe flu virus that can affect both humans and an... read more

CERT Sponsors Film About Spanish Flu Pandemic of 1918

Press Release from Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro Community Emergency Response Team: STAUNTON (August 1, 2018) — The Staunton-Augusta-Waynesboro Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) is sponsoring a f... read more

CDC graphic novel teaches kids about variant flu, epidemiology

Jordon and colleagues were inspired by the increasing number of variant cases of influenza that began to peak in 2012, 3 years after the H1N1 pandemic. He told Infectious Diseases in Children that 309 ... read more

Dr. Bob: Remembering the tragic 1918 Flu Pandemic

2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the deadliest flu pandemic in history. An estimated 500 million people worldwide, about one-third of the world’s population, were sickened. Between 20 and 50 millio... read more

Arts House Will Present Refuge 2018: Pandemic

It's fantastic to see clinical and lab-based scientists working with the creative arts community to intrigue and inform the broader community about pandemic infections, particularly influenza, and wha... read more

Today's Planet Earth Report --"Deadly Shape Shifter" --The Hunt for a Universal Influenza Vaccine

An image of the devastating 1918 ‘Spanish Flu’ pandemic. But influenza is an inveterate shape-shifter. Regions of its outer proteins can mutate as it replicates, allowing it to avoid immune detection. ... read more

Former Senator Tom Daschle Fears Another Pandemic

The Blue Ribbon Study Panel on Bio-defense was put together to study the nation's bio-defense capabilities to prevent and deter another pandemic, like the Spanish Flu. One of the members on that panel ... read more

Flu expert warns of virus threat ahead of Fed Uni visit

An influenza expert warns we could again a see similar pandemic to the 1918 Spanish flu, that took between 50 to 100 million lives worldwide. Federation University adjunct senior research fellow Dr Al... read more

How Hajj Pilgrimage To Mecca Could Help Prevent Next Global Health Pandemic

The research is invaluable: It will inform ongoing humanitarian interventions and international health security efforts, as well as insight into new or emerging pathogens, which may help the global he... read more