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"No Worries, No Regrets": World's Oldest Person, 117, Shares Secret Of Her Long Life
Ms Morera fought off Covid-19 in 2020 after surviving both World Wars, the Spanish Civil War, and the Spanish Flu pandemic.
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Disease X: What Do We Know? Not Much, And That Is The Problem
A UK health expert's warning that a new pathogen could cause a pandemic as deadly as the Spanish Flu has sent alarm bells ringing in a world that is yet to completely emerge from what it hoped was a once-in-a-lifetime event -- Covid-19
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How Will Covid-19 End? Looking For Clues, Scientists Examine 'Russian Flu'
People who contracted the 'Russian flu' infection, reported symptoms like loss of taste and smell. This is strikingly similar to Covid-19 symptoms.
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101-Year-Old Man Gets His First COVID-19 Vaccine At Delhi Hospital
Centenarian Brij Prakash Gupta, who was born a year after the end of the deadly Spanish Flu, received his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine in Delhi on Wednesday, his son said.
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Delhi Man, 107, Vaccinated. Was Part Of Constituent Assembly Panel
Kewal Krishan, who was just five years old during the deadly Spanish Flu of 1918, and later became part of the drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly of India, received his first shot of anti-COVID-19 vaccine in Delhi on Monday, his son said.
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104-Year-Old Man, Born Before Spanish Flu Outbreak, Gets First Covid Jab
A man born a few months before the outbreak of the Spanish Flu in 1918 received his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine at a private facility here, hospital authorities said on Saturday.
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A Memorial For Lives Lost To Covid And Unsaid Goodbyes
There are memorials to war heroes, to men and women of distinguished service, to those who make the ultimate sacrifice for humankind, to victims of the Holocaust. There are also half a dozen memorials to those killed in the Spanish Flu of a hundred years ago but none so far for those who fell to COVID-19.
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"Can Finish It In Shorter Time Than Spanish Flu": WHO Chief On COVID-19
The planet should be able to rein in the novel coronavirus pandemic faster than the two years it took to tame the 1918 flu pandemic, the World Health Organization chief said Friday.
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106-Year-Old Delhi Man, Who Survived Spanish Flu In 1918, Beats COVID-19: Report
A 106-year-old man from Delhi, who was a four-year-old during the 1918 Spanish Flu, has survived COVID-19 and recovered faster than his son, who is in his 70s, at a coronavirus facility in the national capital, doctors said.
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UGC Asks Universities To Do Comparative Study On Impact Of COVID-19 And Spanish Flu In India
UGC has listed down specific aspects that the study should cover including awareness levels in villages, how the village withstood challenges, and the best strategies adopted by the villages in coping with challenges caused by COVID-19.
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Varun Dhawan Reminds Us "The World Has Been Through This Before." See Pics From 1920
"We all have to take responsibility," wrote Varun Dhawan
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Study How India Handled 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic: Centre To Universities
The Education Ministry has asked universities to study how India handled the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 and what measures were taken to boost the economy.
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She Survived Spanish Flu In 1918, Now, At 106, She Beat COVID-19
We may have all heard that miracles do happen, but sadly not all of us have the chance to witness them in our daily lives, especially during a pandemic today which brings the world to a standstill.
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COVID-19 Likely To Claim Its 1,00,000th Death In Next 24 Hours
In all likelihood the COVID-19 illness associated with the new coronavirus will claim its 100,000th death during the next 24 hours. From the report of the first fatality in early January, it took a month to record 1,000 deaths and a further month to hit 10,000. That was just three weeks ago.
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France: 47 students test positive for H1N1
French authorities on Wednesday quarantined around 47 students, most of them believed to be Spanish, after they tested positive for swine flu.
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"No Worries, No Regrets": World's Oldest Person, 117, Shares Secret Of Her Long Life
Ms Morera fought off Covid-19 in 2020 after surviving both World Wars, the Spanish Civil War, and the Spanish Flu pandemic.
-
Disease X: What Do We Know? Not Much, And That Is The Problem
A UK health expert's warning that a new pathogen could cause a pandemic as deadly as the Spanish Flu has sent alarm bells ringing in a world that is yet to completely emerge from what it hoped was a once-in-a-lifetime event -- Covid-19
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How Will Covid-19 End? Looking For Clues, Scientists Examine 'Russian Flu'
People who contracted the 'Russian flu' infection, reported symptoms like loss of taste and smell. This is strikingly similar to Covid-19 symptoms.
-
101-Year-Old Man Gets His First COVID-19 Vaccine At Delhi Hospital
Centenarian Brij Prakash Gupta, who was born a year after the end of the deadly Spanish Flu, received his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine in Delhi on Wednesday, his son said.
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Delhi Man, 107, Vaccinated. Was Part Of Constituent Assembly Panel
Kewal Krishan, who was just five years old during the deadly Spanish Flu of 1918, and later became part of the drafting committee of the Constituent Assembly of India, received his first shot of anti-COVID-19 vaccine in Delhi on Monday, his son said.
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104-Year-Old Man, Born Before Spanish Flu Outbreak, Gets First Covid Jab
A man born a few months before the outbreak of the Spanish Flu in 1918 received his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine at a private facility here, hospital authorities said on Saturday.
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A Memorial For Lives Lost To Covid And Unsaid Goodbyes
There are memorials to war heroes, to men and women of distinguished service, to those who make the ultimate sacrifice for humankind, to victims of the Holocaust. There are also half a dozen memorials to those killed in the Spanish Flu of a hundred years ago but none so far for those who fell to COVID-19.
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"Can Finish It In Shorter Time Than Spanish Flu": WHO Chief On COVID-19
The planet should be able to rein in the novel coronavirus pandemic faster than the two years it took to tame the 1918 flu pandemic, the World Health Organization chief said Friday.
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106-Year-Old Delhi Man, Who Survived Spanish Flu In 1918, Beats COVID-19: Report
A 106-year-old man from Delhi, who was a four-year-old during the 1918 Spanish Flu, has survived COVID-19 and recovered faster than his son, who is in his 70s, at a coronavirus facility in the national capital, doctors said.
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UGC Asks Universities To Do Comparative Study On Impact Of COVID-19 And Spanish Flu In India
UGC has listed down specific aspects that the study should cover including awareness levels in villages, how the village withstood challenges, and the best strategies adopted by the villages in coping with challenges caused by COVID-19.
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Varun Dhawan Reminds Us "The World Has Been Through This Before." See Pics From 1920
"We all have to take responsibility," wrote Varun Dhawan
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Study How India Handled 1918 Spanish Flu Pandemic: Centre To Universities
The Education Ministry has asked universities to study how India handled the Spanish flu pandemic in 1918 and what measures were taken to boost the economy.
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She Survived Spanish Flu In 1918, Now, At 106, She Beat COVID-19
We may have all heard that miracles do happen, but sadly not all of us have the chance to witness them in our daily lives, especially during a pandemic today which brings the world to a standstill.
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COVID-19 Likely To Claim Its 1,00,000th Death In Next 24 Hours
In all likelihood the COVID-19 illness associated with the new coronavirus will claim its 100,000th death during the next 24 hours. From the report of the first fatality in early January, it took a month to record 1,000 deaths and a further month to hit 10,000. That was just three weeks ago.
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France: 47 students test positive for H1N1
French authorities on Wednesday quarantined around 47 students, most of them believed to be Spanish, after they tested positive for swine flu.
