More than a century ago, the US learned what happens when there is no national response to a major health crisis.
Articles on Spanish flu
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Forster composed most of this novel in a flurry of concentrated activity while the world was emerging, traumatised, from a global influenza pandemic.
Revisiting a disease that affected a million people might provide answers we need for the future.
A new politics of remembrance emerged during the COVID pandemic.
Moving classrooms outside is not a new idea. It’s been done in past disease outbreaks such as tuberculosis and the Spanish flu.
Doctors, nurses, pharmacists and others all had their own cures for the Spanish flu. But some of these may have made things worse.
The IOC was under considerable pressure to host the 1920 games. While a noble goal, it resulted in significant hardships for war-torn Belgium and the athletes themselves.
Woolf’s writing about illness defied the establishment’s post-war story of national strength.
Hemingway’s response to death and disease was very different from the parody that circulated earlier this year.
It will always be too early, depending on who you ask, so put up your decorations whenever you want if it makes you happy.
Masks have a chequered history in western fashion. Some silenced women in the name of beauty, others provoked sexual desire.
As the US battled the 1918 influenza pandemic, some communities staged contentious battles against wearing masks. Sound familiar?
It’s always dangerous to put present-day events into historic perspectives. That’s especially true when political leaders have compared the coronavirus pandemic to a war effort.
How politicians and the public in Denver, Colorado handled the 1918 flu epidemic is relevant to today.
Australia’s island identity and attitude to border security was forged from handling pandemics since the time of federation. Here’s what we’ve learned along the way.
Plagues and flu pandemics of the past have led to long-term disadvantages for those affected, and increased prejudice.
Children may have fallen behind on their vaccination schedules during the pandemic, increasing the risk that COVID-19 may be followed by outbreaks of once-eradicated diseases.
There are many similarities between Spanish flu and coronavirus, from school closures to mask debates. The story of 1919 also shows governments face choices that can have a terrible cost in lives.
Authorities around the world can do more to ensure that correct information and messages on the pandemic reach everybody.
Some 1,500 years ago, the Plague of Justinian spread via ships from North Africa to Europe and Asia, killing up to 50 million people.
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Senior Lecturer in Journalism, City St George's, University of London
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Director, Vice-Chancellor's Centre of Public Ideas (CoPI) and Donald Horne Professor of History and Public Ideas, University of Canberra
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Assistant Director of the Center for the History of Medicine, University of Michigan
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Chancellor's Professor of Medicine, Liberal Arts, and Philanthropy, Indiana University
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Professor, Roskilde University
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Senior Research Scientist, National Institutes of Health
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Associate Professor, School of History, ANU / Chercheur Associé at the Centre d’Histoire de Sciences Po, Australian National University
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Adjunct Fellow, T.C. Beirne School of Law, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Professorial Fellow, The University of Melbourne
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PhD candidate, UNSW
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Professor of Global Biosecurity, NHMRC L3 Research Fellow, Head, Biosecurity Program, Kirby Institute, UNSW
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Senior Lecturer, Infectious Diseases Epidemiology and Control, UNSW
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Associate Dean For Global One Health, College of Veterinary Medicine & Biomedical Sciences; and Director, Pandemic and Biosecurity Policy Program, Scowcroft Institute for International Affairs, Bush School of Government and Public Service, Texas A&M University
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Professor and Director of Doherty Epidemiology, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, Epidemiology, Deakin University