Wikipedia: Spanish Flu
Article about the 1918 Influenza pandemic with a look to geographical origins and social impact.
Bubonic Plague: Far from the Deadliest Epidemic
Compares the severity of historical bubonic plague pandemics to the Spanish Influenza pandemic.
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
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.
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 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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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