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PANDEMIC PATIENTS: Aiding a patient at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington D.C., a nurse helps combat the influenza pandemic of 1918.  Photo from Wikimedia Commons

Old News: Influenza Pandemic

John Schurer, co-news editor
March 11, 2016

On the morning of March 11, 1918, soldiers at Fort Riley, Kansas, suffered from high fevers, muscle aches and sore throats. Within days, thousands of American soldiers reported similar symptoms. Dirty...

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