Flu: The Story of the Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus That Caused It

Categories: History, Science & Math

The 1918 influenza pandemic killed tens of millions of people in a single year, more than World War I. New York Times science reporter Gina Kolata tells the story of the disease and the long hunt for its cause. Kolata follows scientists who dug up bodies frozen in Alaska and studied preserved tissue to find the virus. She explains what their work revealed about how flu spreads and mutates, and why another deadly pandemic remains a real risk.

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