Describes the history of pandemics and infectious diseases, how they spread and are tracked, and ways we can fight and prevent pandemics. Includes charts and maps.
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.
Text and accompanying photographs describe the history, causes, prevention, and treatment of the common cold and flu, as well as the effects on people and society.
Provides clear, careful explanations about influenza and also offers readers and researchers insight into what these conditions are, what causes them, how people live with them, and the lastest about treatment and prevention.
the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it
Kolata, Gina Bari
1999
Studies the history of the flu, focusing on the influenza pandemic of 1918, and discusses how the government has tried to discover what caused the pandemic and prevent it from occurring again.
When the influenza epidemic of 1918 comes to Vermont, eleven-year-old Margaret, who has always wanted to be a physician, finds out what doctoring is like.
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.
Provides information about influenza, explaining what it is and its causes, and discussing its symptoms, diagnosis, treatment, prevention, and pandemics.
