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Bookmark or Share- Seeing The Met Through Crisis: Braving World War I and the 1918 Flu ...How had The Met reacted to the 1918 flu epidemic? (Apparently minimally since the topic escaped mention in Museum publications, histories, or press of the time.) Out of the general interest in institutional history arose this blog series, which offers new insights into previous moments of crisis and reckoning that resonate with the events of 2020.
- 1918 Flu Epidemic collection - Arte Publico PressThe 1918 Flu Epidemic collection is applicable to courses and research in public health, medical humanities, US history, cultural studies, and US Latino studies to name a few. This digital collection is supported by US Latino Digital Humanities Center (USLDH)/Recovering the US Hispanic Literary Heritage Program. The USLDH Center is a first-of ...
- The Spanish flu: The global impact of the largest influenza pandemic in ...Most striking is the large, sudden decline of life expectancy in 1918, caused by an unusually deadly influenza pandemic that became known as the ‘Spanish flu’. To make sense of the fact life expectancy declined so abruptly, one has to keep in mind what it measures.
- Back to the Future: Lessons Learned From the 1918 Influenza PandemicThe severity of this pandemic resulted from a complex interplay between viral, host, and societal factors. Here, we review the viral, genetic and immune factors that contributed to the severity of the 1918 pandemic and discuss the implications for modern pandemic preparedness.
- The Influenza Epidemic of 1918 - National ArchivesThe influenza epidemic that swept the world in 1918 killed an estimated 50 million people. One fifth of the world's population was attacked by this deadly virus. Within months, it had killed more people than any other illness in recorded history.
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