The Surprising Discovery That Might Have Helped This Woman Live to 117
Researchers in Spain have unearthed several important factors that likely helped Maria Branyas Morera live for over a century ...
来自MSN1 个月
From Spanish flu to today: How immune cells keep up with a changing virus
from the 1918 Spanish flu to the latest 2024 H5N1 strains. The University of Melbourne's Dr. Oanh Nguyen, Senior Research Fellow at the Doherty Institute and co-author of the study, explained the ...
The Pandemic Turns 5. We Are Still Not Prepared for the Next One
Thankfully, in 2025, the days of lockdowns and quarantines now seem a distant memory for many—even though the physical, ...
scmp.com5 天
From the Black Death to Spanish flu and smallpox, a brief history of plagues
No matter where you look up the meaning of the word “plague”, it’s never a good thing. It can be confusing, because as a verb, plague means “to cause continual distress”, yet as a noun ...
The Scientist2 年
Evolution of 1918 Flu Virus Traced from Century-Old Samples
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.
Moviefone1 年
1918: The Spanish Flu
Spain was half empty. There are documents from the time that give us testimony, but why do we hardly know anything about this "Spanish flu"? Surely his study and knowledge would have helped us ...
In US, experts are increasingly worried about a bird flu epidemic spreading to humans
H5N1 avian flu viruses have been spreading widely in the United States for three years. Numerous mistakes and omissions in ...
BBC2 年
Britain since c.1900 and the people's health - OCR B
A man spraying an anti-flu preparation on a London General Omnibus Co bus to try to kill the Spanish flu virus in London in 1920 Nobody is certain about the origins of Spanish influenza (usually ...