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Century-old pair of lungs stored in jar reveals how 1918 Spanish flu pandemic began

A pair of lungs preserved over a century ago from a deceased Spanish flu patient has helped unravel the genetic adaptations undergone by the virus to spread across Europe during the start of the 1918 ...
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Have you had your flu shot? History of the Spanish flu of 1918 shows us the answer should be yes.

Have you had your flu shot yet? If not, history suggests it might be a good idea. That’s because today we think back to Sept. 16, 1918, when doctors at the Navy base reported the first documented case ...
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RFK Jr. has suggested vaccines caused 1918 Spanish flu pandemic at least twice

For years, internet users have shared a rumor about U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. falsely claiming that vaccines caused the 1918-1919 influenza pandemic known as the Spanish flu. One ...