Flu season has started early this year—a new variant might be to blame

Every winter, respiratory viruses, especially influenza, SARS-CoV-2 and RSV, put huge pressure on health care systems ...

9 Crazy Old-Time Remedies That Were Used to Treat the Flu

The Spanish flu epidemic of 1918 brought with it a slew of folk-medicine remedies. After all, the flu was scary—and there was ...
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Pale rider the Spanish Flu of 1918 and how it changed the world Laura Spinney

Introduction : the elephant in the room -- Part one: The unwalled city -- Coughs and sneezes -- The monads of Leibniz -- Part two: Anatomy of a pandemic -- Ripples on a pond -- Like a thief in the ...
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Spanish Flu Killed 50 Million. Terrorists Can Now Create Synthetic Version of the Virus.

A university professor and two students recreated a virus identical to the one that caused the devastating 1918 Spanish Flu pandemic. If they can do it, so can terrorists. “The Terrorism Warning ...