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  2. Philadelphia Liberty Loans Parade - Wikipedia

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    The Spanish flu first hit Philadelphia, through the Philadelphia Navy Yard, on September 19, 1918, from sailors who were returning from Europe. [1] The city of Philadelphia was in charge of raising $259 million for war time efforts and saw the parade as a way to raise those funds. [2]

  3. Timeline of influenza - Wikipedia

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    This is a timeline of influenza, briefly describing major events such as outbreaks, epidemics, pandemics, discoveries and developments of vaccines.In addition to specific year/period-related events, there is the seasonal flu that kills between 250,000 and 500,000 people every year and has claimed between 340 million and 1 billion human lives throughout history.

  4. The Great Influenza - Wikipedia

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    The 1918 influenza pandemic has been declared, according to Barry's text, as the 'deadliest plague in history'. The extensiveness of this declaration can be supported through the following statements: "the greatest medical holocaust in history" [2] and "the pandemic ranks with the plague of Justinian and the Black Death as one of the three most destructive human epidemics". [3]

  5. Jeffery Taubenberger - Wikipedia

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    Catching cold: 1918's forgotten tragedy and the scientific hunt for the virus that caused it. London: Michael Joseph. ISBN 0-7181-4349-3. Illus with photos; Kolata, Gina Bari (2000). Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It. New York: Farrar Straus Giroux. ISBN 0-333-75105-1.

  6. Many doctors fear a repeat of the world's 1st, only flu ... - AOL

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    In 1918, the world's population was menaced by a virus now known as influenza. The "flu," for short, has become a commonality that is widely misunderstood, even a century after it claimed 50 ...

  7. Spanish flu - Wikipedia

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    An epidemic of considerable proportions marked the early months of 1920", the U.S. Mortality Statistics would later note; according to data at this time, the epidemic resulted in one third as many deaths as the 1918–1919 experience. [162] New York City alone reported 6,374 deaths between December 1919 and April 1920, almost twice the number ...

  8. Influenza pandemic - Wikipedia

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    The 1889–1890 pandemic, often referred to as the Asiatic flu [57] or Russian flu, killed about 1 million people [58] [59] out of a world population of about 1.5 billion. It was long believed to be caused by an influenza A subtype (most often H2N2), but recent analysis largely brought on by the 2002-2004 SARS outbreak and the COVID-19 pandemic ...

  9. Over 100,000 Ducks to Be Killed on New York Farm Due to Bird ...

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    More than 100,000 ducks at one New York farm are being euthanized due to an outbreak of the avian flu. The animals were a part of the Crescent Duck Farm in Aquebogue, Long Island — one of the ...