Chronicles the 1918 influenza epidemic, discussing why it was so lethal, how it spread throughout the American Midwest, what steps were taken to stop it, and how the country responded to the crisis.

Tracing the influenza pandemic of 1918-1919 that claimed over 25 million lives worldwide.

This is the story of one of the most familiar, if rarely fatal, diseases- the common cold.

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Focusing on those closest to the crisis--patients, families, communities, public health officials, nurses and doctors--this book explores the epidemic in the United States.

Documents the influenza epidemic of 1918 which killed approximately 40 million people around the world.

"The Swine Flu: What You Need to Know" is the first book covering the 2009 outbreak of the Swine Flu.

A detailed account of Kristy Duncan's experiences as she organized a multi-national, multi-discipline scientific expedition to exhume the bodies of a group of Norwegian miners, victims of the 1918 Spanish flu.

The essays in this volume elucidate specific aspects of the pandemic that have received minimal attention until now, including social control, gender, class, religion, national identity, and military medicine's reactions to the pandemic and ...