A rough respiratory virus season in the US appears to be easing, as three major respiratory viruses that have battered the country for the past few months are finally all trending down…
Category: influenza
CDC: Flu season starting to wane after brutal start, including at least 12,000 deaths
The spread of influenza this season has already resulted in 12,000 deaths, but it could be on the decline, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention. Continue reading…
Droplet Infection Explained in Pictures
Circulating Now welcomes guest bloggers Katherine Randall, Linsey C. Marr, PhD, and E. Thomas Ewing, PhD to explore the history of public health messaging during the 1918 influenza epidemic. Continue reading Source:…
Influenza Precautions, Then and Now
Dr. Tom Ewing, Professor of History at Virginia Tech offers a comparison of health recommendations during the Spanish Influenza epidemic of 1918 and today. Continue reading Source: NLM
A Physician’s Perspective on the Russian Flu
In November 1889, a rash of cases of influenza-like-illness appeared in St. Petersburg, Russia. Soon, the “Russia Influenza” spread across Europe and the world. This Continue reading Source: NLM
Future Explorations of the Modern Flu
Those who preserved the newspapers of 1918 served modern researchers well, today NLM preserves web content on epidemics and other health topics for the benefit of future historical research. Continue reading Source:…