I've been reading a great book about a horrific pandemic that gripped the world more than a century ago, John M. Barry's "The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History." I've ...

If you really want to depress yourself — and who among isn't depressed enough yet? — type this into the ol' Google search field: "Will COVID-19 ever end?" And then, separately, go read, "The Great ...

2020-04-11T17:40:16-04:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/2af/20200411180241002_hd.jpgTulane University Professor John Barry discussed his book, The Great Influenza ...

A scientist harvests H7N9 virus growing in bird eggs. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention received samples of the virus from China. — James Gathany/CDC/Douglas E. Jordan / (CC0 1.0) A ...

Part I: An abrupt introduction to Spanish influenza -- The great shadow -- Part 2: Spanish influenza: The first wave--spring and summer, 1918 -- The advance of the influenza virus -- Three explosions- ...

Ch. 1. The plague year -- Ch. 2. A history of disease and death -- Ch. 3. From sailors to swine -- Ch. 4. A Swedish adventurer -- Ch. 5. Swine flu -- Ch. 6. A litigation nightmare -- Ch. 7. John ...

The Covid “pandemic’ was nothing compared to the greatest killer of humanity, The Black Death of the 14th century, and the next in line, the Spanish Influenza, also called the Spanish Flu of 1918-1920 ...

Mass tragedies sometimes have unexpected consequences. Credit...Illustration by Christoph Niemann Supported by By Steven Johnson A mystery has long surrounded the Great Influenza of 1918-19. Why did a ...

1. The absorbing opening pages of this important book are not about the so-called Spanish Flu of 1918, which may have originated in Kansas, but the sorry state of medicine and medical education in the ...

2004-03-13T22:58:09-05:00https://images.c-span.org/Files/165/180872-m.jpgMr. Barry talked about his book, The Great Influenza: The Epic Story of the Deadliest Plague ...