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Effective Communication Essential to Pandemic Preparedness & Response

  • by Sharon Dei-Tumi
  • Posted on April 11, 2020April 13, 2020

In getting ready for the worst, you need to communicate best.

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An Expert Weighs in on COVID-19

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  • Posted on March 18, 2020March 18, 2020

What is COVID-19? Glad you asked! Let Dr. Harvey Rubin tell you all about it.

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Epidemics, Social Distancing and Parades (UPDATED)

  • by René F. Najera, DrPH
  • Posted on March 10, 2020March 11, 2020

In 1918, a parade in the middle of the Spanish Flu pandemic triggered a severe epidemic of influenza in Philadelphia. With the first confirmed case of coronavirus reported in Philadelphia, city government officials have decided to go ahead with the St. Patrick’s Day parade.

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Video: “Talking Death with Caitlin Doughty: The 1918 Influenza Pandemic in Philadelphia” by the Mütter Museum of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia

  • by René F. Najera, DrPH
  • Posted on October 26, 2019December 28, 2019

Mütter Museum Curator Anna Dhody sits with mortician and author Caitlin Doughty to discuss the 1918 influenza pandemic in Philadelphia ahead of our new exhibit Spit Spreads Death!

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A Parade in Philadelphia to Remember the 1918-1919 Influenza Pandemic

  • by René F. Najera, DrPH
  • Posted on September 29, 2019December 7, 2019

On September 28, 2019, residents of Philadelphia came together to remember a parade in 1918 that brought the influenza pandemic to the city, killing thousands.

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1910. Children's Hospital, Korovia St., Moscow. Child being immunized against diphtheria.⠀
1911. Katie Kuritzko, 7-year-old oyster shucker. Has mumps now. Her 8-year-old brother also shucks. Location: Dunbar, Louisiana.⠀
1910. A.H. Woods presents Valeska Suratt in the swift, smart & saucy play, The girl with the whooping cough the latest Paris sensation : by Stanislaus Stange.⠀
1953. Mumps the word The expressions on the faces of Carol Ann Warren, 3-1/2 (left), of San Francisco, and her 18-month-old sister, Virginia, show what they think of their case of the mumps. In a word: "Phooey."
1943. Parke, Davis and Company, manufacturing chemists, Detroit, Michigan. Production of pertussis vaccine.⠀
1917. 8-year-old truant newsboy, who didn't know his name nor where he lived. Said he had just had the measles. Photographed during school hours. Location: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma / Lewis W. Hine.⠀

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