One hundred years on from the Spanish Flu, we are facing another major pandemic The World Health Organisation has put scientists and health workers around the world on alert for a new and potentially deadly pathogen, which it has named as Disease X
Should you meet someone who, unfortunately, has developed a fever, become short of breath, whose face appears to be tinged with blue and is subject to vomiting and severe nose bleeds, you could wonder if the Spanish Flu has returned, one hundred years after it first appeared in 1917/18, near the end of the First World War. For according to Dr Jonathan Quick, we are due another visit from this terrifying disease which is said to have infected 500 million people around the world. Dr Quick is chair of the Global Health Council. The Independent
Should you meet someone who, unfortunately, has developed a fever, become short of breath, whose face appears to be tinged with blue and is subject to vomiting and severe nose bleeds, you could wonder if the Spanish Flu has returned, one hundred years after it first appeared in 1917/18, near the end of the First World War. For according to Dr Jonathan Quick, we are due another visit from this terrifying disease which is said to have infected 500 million people around the world. Dr Quick is chair of the Global Health Council. The Independent
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