The Pandemic Turns 5. We Are Still Not Prepared for the Next One
Thankfully, in 2025, the days of lockdowns and quarantines now seem a distant memory for many—even though the physical, ...
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From Spanish flu to today: How immune cells keep up with a changing virus
from the 1918 Spanish flu to the latest 2024 H5N1 strains. The University of Melbourne's Dr. Oanh Nguyen, Senior Research Fellow at the Doherty Institute and co-author of the study, explained the ...
The Surprising Discovery That Might Have Helped This Woman Live to 117
Researchers in Spain have unearthed several important factors that likely helped Maria Branyas Morera live for over a century ...
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Five years after Covid, America’s pandemic preparedness is speeding backward
As we commemorate the fifth anniversary of the World Health Organization declaring the novel coronavirus a pandemic, this is the fourth column of a six-part MSNBC Daily series that reflects on ...
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From the Black Death to Spanish flu and smallpox, a brief history of plagues
No matter where you look up the meaning of the word “plague”, it’s never a good thing. It can be confusing, because as a verb, plague means “to cause continual distress”, yet as a noun ...
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1918: The Spanish Flu
Spain was half empty. There are documents from the time that give us testimony, but why do we hardly know anything about this "Spanish flu"? Surely his study and knowledge would have helped us ...
Springfield leaders reflect on the COVID-19 pandemic five years later
Drury University will host many community leaders Thursday night for a panel discussion to discuss and archive the rights and wrongs of the city’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.