Word: influenza
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...said that threat of Avian flu, which has jumped from birds to humans in 10 Asian countries, could prove to be far more deadly than the influenza epidemic that killed half a million...
That strand of influenza, which killed between 2.5 percent and 5 percent of those infected, “seems merciful in comparison to the 55-percent mortality rate of the current Avian flu,” Frist said...
...said that threat of Avian flu, which has jumped from birds to humans in ten Asian countries, could prove to be far more deadly than the influenza epidemic that killed half a million...
That strand of influenza killed between 2.5 percent and 5 percent of those infected, “which seems merciful in comparison to the 55 percent mortality rate of the current Avian flu,” Frist said...
...Again and again Kiyama brings history alive with his personal accounts of major events rendered in a highly readable cartoon form. The First World War, the Influenza pandemic of 1918, and especially the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, are all covered through the unique lens of the Japanese immigrant. The earthquake arc has a particular richness. It shakes Frank and Charlie out of their beds and leaves them homeless. They wander the devastated streets, hearing screams from those buried alive. Shuffling through ankle-high ash as a result of the firestorms that destroyed more of the city than the earthquake...