Usually most people have heard of influenza, or in other words the flu. The flu is a contagious respiratory illness caused by influenza that infect the nose, throat, and even the lungs. There are three different types of the influenza virus which are: influenza A,...
Approximately 50 million people died after being infected with the Spanish influenza during the pandemic of 1918. The high infection and mortality rate among young people was one of the baffling mysteries of the 1918 flu pandemic. The elderly are generally the most vulnerable during...
In The Great Influenza, John M. Barry characterizes scientific research as a field that requires bravery and creativity to succeed in. Scientists must come up with entirely new methods that no one in the world has ever tried before. There are a lot of obstacles...
Influenza pandemics are global outbreaks that result from new variations of the influenza virus emerging in global populations. In order for this to occur, the virus must be easily passed from person to person and cause serious illness to the human body. Major pandemic outbreaks...
John M. Barry articulates the struggles of fighting influenza in 1918 through the scopes of scientific research in his book The Great Influenza. In a passage of Barry’s book, he characterizes scientific research in terms of the intricate threading of antipodean ideas; certainty vs. uncertainty,...
In the United States, from 2010-2013 influenza accounted for an estimated 114,192–624,435 hospitalizations, 18,491–95,390 ICU admissions, and 4,915–27,174 deaths per year. Clinical presentation of influenza is widely variable in hospitalized adults. For instance, a broad spectrum of diseases was described during the 2009 (H1N1) virus...
