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Reporting The Spanish Influenza Epidemic In Nevada, Peter Michel
Reporting The Spanish Influenza Epidemic In Nevada, Peter Michel
Library Faculty Publications
The last great global pandemic before COVID 19 was the Spanish Influenza of 1918-20 which killed by some estimates over 30,000,000 people, 675,000 of those in the United States, ten-times the number of Americans who died in World War I. In another historical comparison, more people died of the Spanish Influenza in one year than died in four years of the Black Death of 1347-1351 in which a third of Europe’s population perished. In the early days of mass communication by telegraph and newspapers, compared to our own age of instant, constant streaming information, how did people know what was …
How To Stop Touching Your Face To Minimize Spread Of Coronavirus And Other Germs, Stephen D. Benning, Brian Labus, Kimberly Barchard
How To Stop Touching Your Face To Minimize Spread Of Coronavirus And Other Germs, Stephen D. Benning, Brian Labus, Kimberly Barchard
Psychology Faculty Research
Public health officials consistently promote hand-washing as a way for people to protect themselves from the COVID-19 coronavirus. However, this virus can live on metal and plastic for days, so simply adjusting your eyeglasses with unwashed hands may be enough to infect yourself. Thus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization have been telling people to stop touching their faces.
Is The Coronavirus A Pandemic, And Does That Matter? 4 Questions Answered, Brian Labus
Is The Coronavirus A Pandemic, And Does That Matter? 4 Questions Answered, Brian Labus
Environmental & Occupational Health Faculty Publications
Editor’s note: The new coronavirus has now affected more than 20,000 people in China and claimed more lives as of Feb. 4 than the SARS epidemic from 2002 to 2004. Hong Kong has reported its first death. Some public health officials have said the outbreak is likely to soon be a pandemic, but the World Health Organization said Feb. 4 that it isn’t, yet. Just what is a pandemic anyway? An epidemiologist and public health researcher explains.