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A pandemic (from Greek pan all + demos people) is an epidemic (an outbreak of an infectious disease) that spreads worldwide, or at least across a large region.
Common killers and pandemics
According to the World Health Organization, a pandemic can start when three conditions have been met:
- the emergence of a disease new to the population
- the agent infects humans, causing serious illness
- the agent spreads easily and sustainably among humans
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New blog post: : Hospitals "Full-Up": The 1918 Influenza Pandemic http://bit.ly/53Hnbp
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New blog post: : Hospitals "Full-Up": The 1918 Influenza Pandemic http://bit.ly/53Hnbp
1918 PANDEMIC FLU WILL COME BACK IN FUTURE BECAUSE THATS WHAT GOVERNMENTS WANT
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1918 PANDEMIC FLU WILL COME BACK IN FUTURE BECAUSE THATS WHAT GOVERNMENTS WANT
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SwineFluNewsHK (Ken Wright) Sat, 19 Dec 2009 21:30:35 -0000
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A Doughboy's Lungs Yield 1918 Flu Virus - An article from Science News Online describing the exhumation of one of the victims of the pandemic and the retrieval of a virus sample from his tissue.
Bubonic Plague: Far from the Deadliest Epidemic - Compares the severity of historical bubonic plague pandemics to the Spanish Influenza pandemic.
Meta Description: [ The Spanish Influenza wiped out more than 25 million peole in just one year - an epidemic that started right here in the United States. ]
Images from the 1918 Influenza Epidemic - Patients, medical personnel, field hospitals, and charts showing the dramatic spread of the 1918 pandemic. From the National Museum of Health Medicine
Meta Description: [ Images from the 1918 Influenza Epidemic. ]
Influenza 1918, A Venus Connection? - An American suggestion that some viruses come from outer space led British astronomers to hypothesize that Venus was a likely origin for solar-wind borne liquefying bacterial invasions.
Meta Description: [ research into the occurrence
of solar wind propelled interplanetary viral and bacterial transfers. ]
Is Another Influenza Pandemic Coming Soon? - Article from Infectious Disease News describing the investigation of a Spanish influenza sample found in WWI soldier's lungs. [Requires free registration]
The 1918 Influenza Pandemic - History of this pandemic, the public health measures taken to limit it, and the efforts of scientists to pinpoint its cause.
The American Experience | Influenza 1918 - Information on the film from the PBS series. Features include, maps, timelines and people and events relating to this devastating occurrence.
The Medical and Scientific Conceptions of Influenza - The response by doctors and scientists during the pandemic and in the aftermath.
The Pennsylvania Gazette: The Flu of 1918 - An account of the outbreak based on contemporary newspaper accounts of its progress through Philadelphia.
Meta Description: [ The Pennsylvania Gazette, The Alumni Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania ]
The Public Health Response - Discusses the response of the public and the public health infrastructure in the face of the 1918 Influenza epidemic as it happened.
Wikipedia: Spanish Flu - Article about the 1918 Influenza pandemic with a look to geographical origins and social impact.
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