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The 1918–1920 flu pandemic, also known as the Great Influenza epidemic or by the common misnomer Spanish flu, was an exceptionally deadly global influenza pandemic caused by the H1N1 subtype of the influenza A virus.
Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen is a 2009 television drama. It is a dramatization of Dr James Niven 's attempts to deal with the Spanish flu , a 1918-1920 flu pandemic, in Manchester . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It was written by Peter Harness and it starred Bill Paterson as Niven, along with Mark Gatiss , Kenneth Cranham and Charlotte Riley .
Pandemic: How to Prevent an Outbreak is a 2020 American documentary series about pandemics.It was released on Netflix on January 22, 2020. [1] The series covers a range of issues such as the possibility of an influenza pandemic, research into achieving a universal vaccine, emerging viruses, anti-vaxxers, and the Ebola outbreak in Africa.
Flu (film) P. Post Mortem (2020 film) S. Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen; The Stand (1994 miniseries)
A dramatisation of the Spanish flu period in Manchester was transmitted on BBC television as Spanish Flu: The Forgotten Fallen on 5 August 2009 and again on 25 September 2012. [11] On 17 March and 26 November 2020, the 2018 documentary "The Flu That Killed 50 million" was rebroadcast, and Niven and his work featured heavily. [12]
The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Plague in History (originally subtitled The Epic Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History) is a 2004 nonfiction book by John M. Barry that examines the Spanish flu, a 1918-1920 flu pandemic and one of the worst pandemics in history.
1918 campaign on the dangers of Spanish flu Ministry of Health poster used during the Second World War, designed by H. M. Bateman. Later film produced in 1945 "Coughs and sneezes spread diseases" was a slogan first used in the United States during the 1918–20 influenza pandemic – later used in the Second World War by Ministries of Health in Commonwealth countries – to encourage good ...
The first to sequence the genome of the influenza virus which caused the 1918 pandemic of Spanish flu. Jeffery K. Taubenberger (born 1961 in Landstuhl , Germany ) is an American virologist . With Ann Reid , he was the first to sequence the genome of the influenza virus which caused the 1918 pandemic of Spanish flu .