Stories
- Article
Spanish flu and the depiction of disease
The Spanish flu pandemic of 1918 killed many millions more than World War I did. Find out why contemporary artistic depictions of its devastating impact are so rare.
- Book extract
The science of why things spread
From deadly pandemics to viral tweets, Adam Kucharski explores what makes something contagious.
- Article
Why the 1918 Spanish flu defied both memory and imagination
The Black Death, AIDS and Ebola outbreaks are part of our collective cultural memory, but the Spanish flu outbreak has not been.
- Article
Fake news and the flu
Discover how history shows that fake news could play a deadly role – by generating potentially lethal misinformation during a future pandemic.
Catalogue
- Ephemera
Influenza : hints and precautions = Influenza : cynghorion i ochel influenza / E. Lewys-Lloyd.
Lewys-Lloyd, E.Date: 1920- Ephemera
Influenza, sore throat, cold, asthma, hoarseness, cough.
Date: 1911- Books
Influenza / Roni K. Devlin.
Devlin, Roni K., 1968-Date: 2008- Archives and manuscripts
INFLUENZA AND THE COMMON COLD
Date: 1918-1940Reference: PP/JRH/A/114-123Part of: Hutchinson, James Randal (c. 1880-1955) and Bradley, William Henry (1898-1975)- Books
Influenza : the next pandemic? / Connie Goldsmith.
Goldsmith, Connie, 1945-Date: [2007], ©2007