Tag: Pandemic flu
As bird flu continues to spread in the US and worldwide,...
Sara Sawyer, University of Colorado Boulder; Emma Worden-Sapper, University of Colorado Boulder, and Sharon Wu, University of Colorado Boulder
How a flu virus shut down the US economy in 1872...
Ernest Freeberg, University of Tennessee
In 1872 the U.S. economy was growing as the young nation industrialized and expanded westward. Then in the autumn, a...
Influenza’s wild origins in the animals around us
Jonathan Runstadler, Tufts University
In the early 20th century, the leading cause of death was infectious disease. Epidemics erupted with little warning, seemingly out of...