Spanish Flu

Influenza victims crowd an emergency hospital near Ft. Riley, Kan., in 1918. (Anonymous / AP)Comparisons between the current coronavirus pandemic and the 1918 flu that similarly swept the world are inevitable, and there are some striking parallels. But there are also important differences.Both diseases spread across the globe with stunning…

Welcome to Good Weekend Talks, a weekly chance for our audience to luxuriate in a long-form story from the magazine, read by an actor and followed by a discussion with an editor, a writer and an expert.In this episode, actor Sarah Bishop will bring to life former Good Weekend editor…

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Main Blog > During the 1918 Flu Epidemic, Pet Parents Put Masks on Their Cats We've read a lot about the similarities and differences between the coronavirus epidemic and the Spanish flu epidemic 100 years ago. Then, as now, public figures argued over the benefits of isolation, the use of…

Coronavirus case totals in China, Italy, and the US could be at least 10 times higher than the reported figures. Many patients likely haven't been identified due to limited testing capacity, testing errors, and difficulty tracing asymptomatic cases.Blood tests could eventually reveal how many people have recovered, but some deaths may…

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Innovation comes from environments where ideas can connect. So, what kind of environment does an epidemic create when it comes to spurring innovation. This is the very question a new infographic from Top Masters in Public Health Degrees developed by NowSourcing looks to answer. According to the report, ground-breaking innovations…

Born into poverty in New Orleans in 1901, and growing up during some of the most brutal years of segregation in the South, Louis Armstrong first lived with his grandmother, next in a “Colored Waif’s Home” after dropping out of school at age 11, then with his mother and sister…

The second and most lethal wave of the 1918 Spanish flu swept through towns and cities in weeks. It peaked fast and uncontrolled and was devastating. The American historian John M Barry, whose 2004 account of the 1918 pandemic is one of the best and most detailed, was asked last…