Hilleman was born a year after the notorious 1918 influenza pandemic swept the world, killing 20 million to 100 million people. By 1957, when Hilleman began worrying about the egg supply, scientists ...
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Will this pandemic ever end? Well, the fact is — all pandemics DO end. But how do we, as a society, decide we’ve reached that point? There aren’t great templates for this — except one. The end of the ...
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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 ...
A scientist harvests H7N9 virus growing in bird eggs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received samples of the virus from China. — James Gathany/CDC/Douglas E. Jordan / (CC0 1.0) A ...
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Why is it called Spanish flu?
In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately.
In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced empty shelves in their grocery stores. The escalating threat of avian flu has forced farmers to kill millions of chickens to prevent its spread.
A past pandemic was narrowly avoided—can the U.S. dodge another as a new strain spreads? Alexandra M. Lord, Curator of Medicine and Science In recent months, Americans looking for eggs have faced ...
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