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1918 INFLUENZA
In the 1920s, a paper company realized wartime wadding could work better on faces than on cold cream, and facial tissues entered daily lifeInitially crafted for elegant beauty routines to wipe away cold cream, facial tissues quickly transformed into a practical alternative to t...- People across Europe, North America slept for days or stared blankly for hours during this 100-year-old strange epidemic and scientists are still searching whyDuring the 1918 flu pandemic, a mysterious illness, encephalitis lethargica, emerged in Europe and North America, causing extreme sleepines...
- Quote of the Day by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: ‘Women are naturally secretive, and they like to do their…’ Shocking warning by the writer of Sherlock Holmes about modern relationships that nobody can ignoreQuote of the Day: Conan Doyle's work endures because it refuses simple categories. Holmes is not merely a thinking machine; he is lonely, m...
- Swiss researchers decode ancient “influenza virus” genome from preserved pandemic victimScientists have successfully decoded the genome of the 1918 influenza virus from a preserved Swiss patient sample. The research reveals tha...
- Delhi records 509 fresh COVID -19 cases, positivity rate crosses 25% markThe positivity rate stood at 15.64 per cent. The city had recorded 573 positive cases on August 27 last year with a positivity rate of 3.62...
- H3N2 influenza virus symptoms include fever & cough; doctors prescribe best time to take annual flu vaccineMaharashtra, Haryana & Karnataka have reported one death each so far.
- Successful tests in animal models pave way for strategy for universal flu vaccineAn experimental mRNA-based vaccine against all 20 known subtypes of influenza virus provided broad protection from otherwise lethal flu str...
- Contracted the flu? New study says you have 70% higher risk of Parkinson’s 10 years laterPeople who contracted flu had a 90% higher chances of Parkinson’s 15 years later.
- In 1918, people dropped whisky into their noses to treat Spanish flu. What else we know about eyebrow- raising 'cures'Between 1918 and 1920, newspapers were flooded with Spanish flu cures of all kinds.
- People gave up on measures during 1918 influenza pandemic and paid a priceThe pandemic wore on, stretching into a third deadly wave that lasted through the spring of 1919.
- View: State governments can be better armed financially to fight Covid-19 by issuing public health bondsIf state governments spend on public health now, chances are high that their residents will be healthier and earn more later. State governm...
- Coronavirus-afflicted 2020 looks like 1918 despite science's marchIn 1918, no one had a vaccine, treatment or cure for the great flu pandemic as it ravaged the world and killed more than 50 million people....
- An unwanted shipment: The Indian experience of the 1918 Spanish fluWhile some realities have only marginally changed over the last century, the nature of the administration has drastically transformed from ...
- What the coronavirus end game will look likeAttempts to contain this infection in existing hot spots in Asia and Europe appear to be failing.
- Global markets have 3 coronavirus scenarios to considerThere is a tendency among investors to concentrate on the direct short-term effects.
- Covid-19: Highly contagious but less fatal than other virusesWhile the number of Covid-19 cases is stabilising, experts say behaviour of virus cannot be foreseen.
- Bill Gates urges US to lead fight against lethal pandemicWashington, April 28 (IANS) Microsoft Corporation co-founder Bill Gates has said that the US government is falling short in preparing itsel...
- US moves closer to swine flu vaccineInching closer to a swine flu vaccine, the U.S. government is beginning to analyze two candidates for the key ingredient to brew one.
- Indonesia reports 104th bird flu deathA 16-year old Indonesian boy who died last week had bird flu, the health ministry said Saturday, bringing the toll to 104 in the nation wor...
- WHO warns complacency on bird fluThe World Health Organisation warned Monday against complacency in the fight against bird flu, saying another human influenza pandemic is i...
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