Flu: The Story Of The Great Influenza Pandemic of 1918 and the Search for the Virus that Caused It - Softcover

R. Z. Sheppard"Time" magazineA chilling read...packed with new information and astonishments. Dr. Jerome Groopman"Boston Sunday Globe"Moves at a rapid pace, with vivid prose and graphic scenes...A masterly recounting of medical history. Beryl Lieff Benderly"The Washington Post"Kolata commands the intelligent curiosity, well-honed reporting techniques, and smooth prose style of a top science reporter. John R. Alden"The Philadelphia Inquirer"Kolata reports this story with all the fervor of Coleridge's ancient mariner, gripping her readers in the book's first paragraph and not letting go until her tale is told. Beryl Lieff Benderly "The Washington Post" Kolata commands the intelligent curiosity, well-honed reporting techniques, and smooth prose style of a top science reporter. R. Z. Sheppard "Time" magazine A chilling read...packed with new information and astonishments. Dr. Jerome Groopman "Boston Sunday Globe" Moves at a rapid pace, with vivid prose and graphic scenes...A masterly recounting of medical history. John R. Alden "The Philadelphia Inquirer" Kolata reports this story with all the fervor of Coleridge's ancient mariner, gripping her readers in the book's first paragraph and not letting go until her tale is told. Beryl Lieff Benderly The Washington Post Kolata commands the intelligent curiosity, well-honed reporting techniques, and smooth prose style of a top science reporter. John R. Alden The Philadelphia Inquirer Kolata reports this story with all the fervor of Coleridge's ancient mariner, gripping her readers in the book's first paragraph and not letting go until her tale is told. Dr. Jerome Groopman Boston Sunday Globe Moves at a rapid pace, with vivid prose and graphic scenes...A masterly recounting of medical history. R. Z. Sheppard Time magazine A chilling read...packed with new information and astonishments. Beryl Lieff Benderly"The Washington Post"Kolata commands the intelligent curiosity, well-honed reporting techniques, and smooth prose style of a top science reporter. Dr. Jerome Groopman"Boston Sunday Globe"Moves at a rapid pace, with vivid prose and graphic scenes...A masterly recounting of medical history. R. Z. Sheppard"Time" magazineA chilling read...packed with new information and astonishments. John R. Alden"The Philadelphia Inquirer"Kolata reports this story with all the fervor of Coleridge's ancient mariner, gripping her readers in the book's first paragraph and not letting go until her tale is told.

Describes the great flu epidemic of 1918, an outbreak that killed some forty million people worldwide, and discusses the efforts of scientists and public health officials to understand and prevent another lethal pandemic.