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Mashup Score: 2As the 1918 Flu Emerged, Cover-Up and Denial Helped It Spread - 2 year(s) ago
Nations fighting in World War I were reluctant to report their flu outbreaks.
Source: HISTORYCategories: Healthcare Professionals, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 4The Spanish 1918 Flu and the COVID-19 Disease: The Art of Remembering and Foreshadowing Pandemics - 4 year(s) ago
Tragic events such as pandemics can be remembered as well as foreshadowed by works of art. Paintings by the artists Edvard Munch and John Singer Sargent (1918–19) tell us in real time what it was like to be stricken by the Spanish flu. Paintings by Edward Hopper (1940s and ’50s) foretell the lockdown and social distancing of today’s COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: CellCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 1The Spanish 1918 Flu and the COVID-19 Disease: The Art of Remembering and Foreshadowing Pandemics - 4 year(s) ago
Tragic events such as pandemics can be remembered as well as foreshadowed by works of art. Paintings by the artists Edvard Munch and John Singer Sargent (1918–19) tell us in real time what it was like to be stricken by the Spanish flu. Paintings by Edward Hopper (1940s and ’50s) foretell the lockdown and social distancing of today’s COVID-19 pandemic.
Source: CellCategories: General Medicine News, Latest HeadlinesTweet
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Mashup Score: 0Low-Dose Whole-Lung Radiation for COVID-19 Pneumonia - 4 year(s) ago
Background: Safety of whole-lung low-dose radiation therapy (LD-RT) for COVID-19 pneumonia has been established in two phase I trials. By focally dampening pulmonary cytokine hyperactivation, LD-RT may improve outcomes in hospitalized and oxygen-dependent COVID-19 patients. Methods: Patients with COVID-19 pneumonia were treated with 1.5 Gy whole-lung LD-RT, followed for 28 days or at least until…
Source: medRxivCategories: Hem/Oncs, Latest HeadlinesTweet
Woodrow Wilson & leaders across Europe censored the news of #1918Flu bc they worried bad news of flu deaths would threaten national moral during WWI ...I always wonder about the course of history if the President didn't do this & info was widely shared https://t.co/xKpLMcO1I5