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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
Aurora doctor: 1918-type pandemic less likely now :: Beacon News :: Deena Bess Sherman: http://bit.ly/2E3D0S via @addthis
DeenaBess (Deena Sherman) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:24:37 -0000
Aurora doctor: 1918-type pandemic less likely now :: Beacon News :: Deena Bess Sherman: http://bit.ly/2E3D0S via @addthis
Intelligent,top-notch info in all her stories--->RT @travelspauline Pandemic Flu 1918 & 1957-CDC stories.http://bit.ly/2ZxG8T #xmnr #history
BiancaCS (BiancaCS) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:20:52 -0000
Intelligent,top-notch info in all her stories--->RT @travelspauline Pandemic Flu 1918 & 1957-CDC stories.http://bit.ly/2ZxG8T #xmnr #history
Check out AJN's archival collection of accounts from the 1918 influenza pandemic - great reading http://bit.ly/Lod9Y
ShawnKen (Shawn Kennedy) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 12:59:55 -0000
Check out AJN's archival collection of accounts from the 1918 influenza pandemic - great reading http://bit.ly/Lod9Y
http://bit.ly/3Tm4d3 Swine Flu was discovered in 1918, but wasn't discovered through a looming pandemic @FluWatcher2009
cj5 (Chris Walsh) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 04:57:40 -0000
http://bit.ly/3Tm4d3 Swine Flu was discovered in 1918, but wasn't discovered through a looming pandemic @FluWatcher2009
H1N1 2009 and the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic: As the number of H1N1 cases rose, so did comparisons to the Spanis.. http://bit.ly/2b4kFc
gabealex1 (Gabe Alex) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 03:09:11 -0000
H1N1 2009 and the 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic: As the number of H1N1 cases rose, so did comparisons to the Spanis.. http://bit.ly/2b4kFc
newStream ©: Woodbridge church service will remember victims of 1918 flu pandemic http://tinyurl.com/ygoykf7
greychampion (greychampion) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:36:04 -0000
newStream ©: Woodbridge church service will remember victims of 1918 flu pandemic http://tinyurl.com/ygoykf7
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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