Smithsonian Magazine14h
Eggs, Luck and the 1957 Bird Flu: Will History Repeat Itself?
Over the past 60 years, the influenza virus has continued to drift and shift. In 1968, a shift once again caused a pandemic.
PBS10h
The U.S. dodged a bird flu pandemic nearly 70 years ago. Can we do it again?
By 1957, scientists had a significantly more sophisticated understanding of influenza, worrying them that a pandemic similar ...
Smithsonian Magazine18h
On This Day in 1900, the Bubonic Plague Hit the Continental United States, Spiraling Into an Epidemic That Killed 119 People
On February 7, 1900, Chinese American lumberyard owner Wong Chut King fell ill. When he died a few weeks later, in March, an ...
READER LETTER: Lessons from the last great flu
Those who are concerned about the current situation regarding the coronavirus flu should look up the article published by Richard A. Hobday and John W. Cason in the October 2009 “American Journal ...