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Hvitserk is attested to by the Tale of Ragnar's Sons (Ragnarssona þáttr).He is not mentioned in any source that mentions Halfdan Ragnarsson, one of the leaders of the Great Heathen Army that invaded the Kingdom of East Anglia in 867, or vice versa, which consequently led some scholars to suggest that they are the same individual with Hvitserk being only a nickname.
Because Halfdan is not mentioned in any source that mentions Hvitserk, some scholars have suggested that they are the same individual – a possibility reinforced by the fact that Halfdan was a relatively common name among Vikings and Hvitserk "white shirt" may have been an epithet or nickname that distinguished Halfdan from other men by the ...
Flu. Symptoms. Sore throat, stuffy or runny nose and cough are common symptoms of the flu, as well as many other respiratory viruses. ... But so far, vaccination rates have been low; the most ...
More than 100 children have died of the flu this season, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday. The number of pediatric deaths — 103 so far — is not a seasonal record.
The current flu season is shaping up to be a severe one for children. So far this season, 47 kids and teens have died from the flu, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported Friday ...
The flu spread west through Europe aboard merchant ships in the Mediterranean Sea, again taking advantage of trade and pilgrimage routes. Death rates were highest in children, those with preexisting conditions, [14] the elderly, [15] and those who were bled. [16] Outbreaks were particularly severe in communities suffering from food scarcity.
The highest death toll recorded was 288 children who died from the flu in the 2009-10 season, at the height of the H1N1 swine flu pandemic. Most of the 199 total children who died from the virus ...
Community outbreaks, June 2009 Confirmed cases by U.S. state, June 3, 2009. This article covers the chronology of the 2009 novel influenza A pandemic. [1]Flag icons denote the first announcements of confirmed cases by the respective nation-states, their first deaths (and other major events such as their first intergenerational cases, cases of zoonosis, and the start of national vaccination ...