As the world’s most infamous flu pandemic (often referred to as the Spanish flu) raged from 1918–1920, scientists had very few tools available to help them combat or understand the disease.

An electron microscope image of the CDC’s recreated ... 1918 reconstructed flu are more similar to those found in avian flu viruses than those found in other mammalian flu viruses.

from around the province to gauge virus levels — not just for COVID-19 ... "It's incredibly important for things like surveillance of bird flu, H5N1, emerging pathogens, things that are ...