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[ad_1] Updated 22 minutes ago When health officials develop a vaccine every influenza season (from October to May in the US), they choose virus strains to include, based on versions recently distributed …

[ad_1] Updated 7 minutes ago Two Greek sisters remained close after emigrating to western Pennsylvania in the early 20th century. Susana Mazarakis Pavlakis and Mary Protos both settled in Vandergrift and started …

[ad_1] The First World War ended in 1918, but the joy was brief in New Zealand. A deadly flu pandemic swept the country shortly thereafter. In the first part of a two-part …

[ad_1] One hundred years ago, in September 1918, the front page of the Daily Star was filled with information on the progress of the Allies and the defeats of Germany during the …

[ad_1] CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Harvard University will honor the centennial of the 1918 influenza pandemic by organizing a series of events on the epidemic. The Global Health Institute of the school is …

[ad_1] What caused the Spanish flu, how many people died from the 1918 influenza pandemic and why did it stop? : The pandemic killed countless young people who had no immunity to …

[ad_1] The great pandemic of 1918 was the most deadly disease of recent history, as millions of people died from the deadly Spanish flu. The flu season in the UK usually lasts …

[ad_1] Credit: Hinochika / Shutterstock.com An Emirates airliner was quarantined at John F. Kennedy International Airport on September 5 after several passengers reported flu-like symptoms. Oxiris Barbot, acting health commissioner for New …