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We'€™ll need tea and crumpets for this one... Join us as we explore the historical moments, attitudes, and details Downton ...
The launch of ‘At War with the Single Strand’, attended by numerous senior officials from the science and health ministries, ...
THE GRAND FINALE (15) 123mins ★★★☆☆ IT’S the end of an era – one that has lasted 15 years. And, for some, the end of Downton ...
Two world heritage attractions in Spain's popular tourist region of Andalusia were on Thursday among sites affected by a bird ...
Spanish Flu gripped the world from 1918 to 1920. The lung of an 18-year-old who died in the summer of 1918 has revealed ...
When the 1925 Serum Run to Nome is recalled, they almost always think of sled dogs cutting across frozen Alaskan wilderness, ...
The World Health Organization on Monday raised its pandemic alert level in response to the outbreak of swine flu that originated in Mexico. The move from level three to level four on the WHO's ...
Michael Osterholm, the director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota ...
Michael Osterholm, University of Minnesota Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy director, was driving to the ...
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Why Is It Called Spanish Flu?

In 1918, a strain of influenza known as Spanish flu caused a global pandemic, spreading rapidly and killing indiscriminately. Young, old, sick and otherwise-healthy people all became infected — at ...
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After a 14-year hiatus, the "Border Showdown" — still widely known as the "Border War" — returned Saturday in Columbia, ...