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When H5N1 first came to the attention of infectious disease professionals 20 years ago, there was concern it could mutate and ...

As the world’s most infamous flu pandemic (often referred to as the Spanish flu) raged from 1918–1920, scientists had very few tools available to help them combat or understand the disease.

Hilleman, however, needed eggs not for his breakfast, but to make the vaccines that were key to stopping a potential influenza pandemic. Hilleman was born a year after the notorious 1918 influenza ...

Brevig Mission was just one place that was part of a global tragedy, one of the worst ever to befall humanity: the influenza pandemic of 1918-19. The outbreak of this influenza virus, also known ...

My wife, Marcia, and I are septuagenarians – old but experienced and durable. We faithfully get a flu shot every year, take all the usual precautions and have eluded the flu for several ...

The explosive pattern of the 1918 pandemic makes it a benchmark for pandemic planning and preparedness today. Its similarities with the 2009 pandemic makes it even more intriguing, and it is a ...

Residents of southern Minnesota will have a chance to express their views on a proposed new set of ethical guidelines for allocating scarce medical resources during a major influenza pandemic, at ...

The intense debate over President Donald Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Health and Human Services, Robert F.

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 ...