influenza

Discusses the causes, symptoms, methods of prevention, and treatment of two common ailments, colds and flus.

Presents a historical account of the epidemic that swept America in 1918 claiming the lives of up to forty million people, examining the response of public officials to the crisis, the work of medical researchers to find the cause of the outbreak, and the efforts of volunteers to keep the country running.

Maddie is confined to home and bed because of the flu, her mom is in the middle of an important project, Gramma Helen just arrived to help out, and Maddie's only hope for survival seems to be the cute boy who lives next door on whom she's been spying through her bedroom window.

The residents of the small Pacific Northwest town of Commonwealth decides to quarantine themselves against the deadly influenza epidemic, posting guards at the only road leading in and out of town, but when a cold, hungry, and ill soldier begs for sanctuary, the encounter--and its aftermath--shakes the town to its core.

A concise introduction to influenza that explains what it is and discusses causes, symptoms, and treatments with primary source quotations, facts, and illustrations.

Sick with influenza during the 1918 epidemic and separated from her two sisters, a young Jewish girl living in Boston relies on the help of an old German man, and her visions of angels, to get better and to reunite herself with her family.

Discusses the influenza pandemic of 1918, the possibility of its recurrence, and methods of preventing it.

Describes the causes, symptoms, treatment of colds and flu, and how to prevent them.

Between the years 1918 and 1920, influenza raged around the globe in the worst pandemic in recorded history, killing at least fifty million people, more than half a million of them Americans. Yet despite the devastation, this catastrophic event seems but a forgotten moment in our nation's past. For countless survivors, though, the trauma never ended, shadowing the remainder of their lives with memories of loss.

This book traces the history of the influenza pandemics, from the first documented pandemic of flu that began in North Africa in the 1500s to the H1N1 Pandemic of 2009.