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Researcher in Influenza Branch of CDC, credit: CDC/ Taronna Maines |
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1918 Spanish Flu, credit: CDC/ Dr. Terrence Tumpey/ Cynthia Goldsmith |
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H5NI Viron, credit: CDC/ Cynthia Goldsmith/ Jackie Katz |
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Researcher studying re-construction of 1918 Spanish Flu, credit CDC |
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Masked medical personnel giving treatment to an influenza patient, circa autumn 1918. U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph |
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Report on staffing crisis at military depot in Philadelphia, October 8, 1918. Office of the Quartermaster General. The flu was highly contagious and spread rapidly, as documented in a military report notifying the Office Quartermaster General in Washington D.C., of a staffing crisis. The report notes 11 officers and 1,489 employees "absent today," with the situation not improving. Record held at: National Archives-Mid Atlantic Region (Philadelphia). Record Group 92. |