As Spanish flu cases multiplied in North Platte in October 1918, city officials pressed the second floor of their new fire station — just then being finished — into service as an emergency hospital.
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An influenza outbreak at a Texas Air Force training base is drawing attention to a military vaccination policy that stood for more than seven decades before being overturned this spring and partially ...
While bird flu has historically come from migrating wild waterfowl, the strain circulating in Idaho is spreading primarily from cow to cow on dairy farms.
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The Spanish flu killed a generation in 1918
The Spanish flu reached its deadliest peak in autumn 1918, killing hundreds of thousands every day and overwhelming a world already shattered by war. It spread across the globe, struck down millions ...
Will bird flu become the next pandemic? What comes next for backyard flocks and the people near them
If you own backyard chickens or recently built a backyard chicken coop, the current bird flu outbreak has probably crossed your mind more than once. Maybe you watched a wild duck land near the coop ...
The Air Force has acknowledged that the recent death of a recruit in basic training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland was caused by a flu virus that has swept the base, according to U.S. Rep. Joaquin ...
PBS will help Americans celebrate the nation’s 250th anniversary over the Fourth of July weekend with live broadcasts of two marquee events. This year’s event will feature performances from Patti ...
Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) on Sunday knocked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth after an outbreak of influenza infected several service members at an Air Force base in Texas. Cassidy, a licensed ...
On Oct. 5, 1918, the city health department issued this warning: “Avoid persons with colds.” Dr. Max C. Starkloff, health commissioner, knew that wasn’t nearly enough. Two days later, with Mayor Henry ...
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