Scott Gordon

Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

No two flu seasons are alike — from one year to the next, different types of the influenza virus dominate. Every year, virologists, health officials and healthcare providers marshall their resources to prevent and treat infections. When a flu season is particularly tough, as was the case in 2017-18, the illness tests limitations and vulnerabilities in the public health system. Wisconsin plays a crucial role in a nationwide network of influenza surveillance, which is also on guard for the emergence of a global flu pandemic. Meeting future challenges of influenza hinges on relationships that connect scientists and healthcare providers at local, state, federal and international levels.
 
Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

How COVID-19 Capped A 'Bizarre' Flu Season In Wisconsin

Samantha Nash
PBS Wisconsin
When COVID-19 took root across the United States in early 2020 the illness quickly overshadowed other public health priorities. The effects of this novel coronavirus were identified as grave and far-reaching, and the disease eclipsed a much more familiar threat to human health.
Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

Understanding The Perennial Menace Of The Influenza Virus

Samantha Nash
PBS Wisconsin
Deadly global pandemics are rare enough to motivate widespread attention when they emerge, but people around the world face the threat of seasonal influenza every year.
Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: May 2020

Clues To Wisconsin's Coronavirus Present Echo From Its Pandemic Past

Jim Malewitz
Wisconsin Watch
"Spanish flu" ultimately killed an estimated 50 million people worldwide and 675,000 across the U.S., including 8,459 people in Wisconsin. History is resonating more than a century later as the state fights a new viral villain that has upended life across the world.
Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health
Series: The Novel Coronavirus, COVID-19 And Wisconsin: April 2020

What Does The 1918 Flu Reveal About The Economic Impacts Of A Pandemic?

Tessa Conroy
UW-Madison
The 1918 influenza pandemic and how the ordeal played out in Wisconsin illuminates the scale at which the experience of and response to public health emergencies impact both human lives and the economy.
Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

While World War I Ended, UW-Madison Endured A Deadly Pandemic

Samantha Nash
PBS Wisconsin
In Wisconsin, the First World War and 1918 flu pandemic came together in a typical yet tragic way.
Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

The Impacts Of The 1918 Influenza Pandemic In Wisconsin

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Rob Ferrett
Wisconsin Public Radio
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COVID-19 isn't the first deadly viral disease to have a big effect on Wisconsin. Steven Burg, a history professor at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania, discusses the 1918 influenza pandemic and how the state responded to it more than a century ago.
Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

The Virus That Shut Down Wisconsin: The Great Flu Pandemic of 1918

Steven B. Burg
The speed at which the novel coronavirus has raced around the world, and the severity of the disease it causes, has sparked interest in humanity's last experience with a contagion of such scale.
Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

What Made The Great Flu Pandemic Of 1918 So Momentous

Samantha Nash
PBS Wisconsin
When a new and dangerous respiratory disease started racing around the globe in early 2020, it had been just over a century since humankind endured the 1918 influenza pandemic.
Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

Wisconsin Sees 100 Flu Hospitalizations In Half A Day

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Alana Watson
Wisconsin Public Radio
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Flu cases in Wisconsin have spiked significantly in February 2020, according to the Wisconsin Department of Health Services.
Series: The Flu And Wisconsin's Public Health

Oconto Unified School District Is Latest In Wisconsin To Close For Illness

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Megan Hart
Wisconsin Public Radio
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Snow is usually the culprit when school is canceled in Wisconsin in winter. In the 2019-20 flu season, however, several schools around the state have closed due to illness.