Spanish Flu

A little over 100 years ago, Spanish flu killed about 15 million people in India. Mahatma Gandhi too came down with it but it failed to make a political impact in colonial times. Looking back from our current 'coronial', or post Covid-19, sensibilities, this is hard to explain. It is…

CHICAGO (Reuters) - Infectious disease experts, economists and politicians have raised concerns about a second wave of coronavirus infections in the United States that could worsen in the coming months. But some, including Dr. Anthony Fauci, the U.S. government’s top infectious disease expert, said it is too soon to discuss…

India’s top economic adviser said a V-shaped recovery is possible this year, provided a Covid vaccine is found.Bloomberg|Last Updated: Jun 23, 2020, 04.52 PM ISTBy Vrishti BeniwalIndia’s top economic adviser said a V-shaped recovery for the economy is possible this year, provided a vaccine is found to contain the Covid-19…

The Free Press has made this story available free of charge so everyone can access trusted information on the coronavirus.Support this work and subscribe today For Dr. Evan Adams, the chief medical officer of British Columbia’s First Nations Health Authority, the COVID-19 virus isn’t the primary issue facing Indigenous peoples.…

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Morgan Stanley is leaning on insights from a pandemic that happened more than 100 years ago to predict further coronavirus outbreaks in the US.Using a model based on the 1918 Spanish flu, analysts in a note Wednesday simulated a "second wave" of infections in the fall. It suggested the average number…

Reuters / Antonio Parrinello Deutsche Bank this week published a somewhat bizarre research note speculating on a series of potentially catastrophic events it says could befall the global economy in the next decade. The bank said in a note Tuesday that there is a 33% chance at least one of…

The spread of COVID-19 has dramatically changed our world. Business leaders are working to address immediate impacts to their organizations and adapt to new policies and social norms shaping how we interact. The impacts of the global pandemic and evolution in consumer behaviors will be lasting, as will the technology…

in Education, Health, History, How to Learn for Free, Science | June 4th, 2020 Leave a Comment Advertisement In one cascade of events after another, people are finding out the normal they once knew doesn’t exist anymore. Instead it feels as if we’re living through several past crises at once,…

A pandemic swept through the US and Europe in 1918 killing, by some estimates, more than 50 million people.It began between January and February in the United States when a flurry of people died after presenting symptoms of headaches, respiratory difficulties, cough and high fever.A few months later, patients in…