The 1918 influenza pandemic remains the deadliest in modern history, killing tens of millions — and leaving scientists with enduring questions about how it began. A century later, a virologist and ...
A groundbreaking study by researchers from the Universities of Basel and Zurich has unlocked one of the most significant viral mysteries of the 20th century. By decoding the genome of the 1918 ...
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 ...
John Eicher, associate professor of history at Penn State Altoona, has published an article on the 1918 influenza pandemic in the journal Contemporary European History. Analyzing nearly 1,000 memories ...
Researchers from the universities of Basel and Zurich have used a historical specimen from UZH's Medical Collection to decode the genome of the virus responsible for the 1918–1920 influenza pandemic ...