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2,500 people line up in a mall in Texas City, Texas to receive a dose of the H1N1 vaccine from the Galveston County Health Department, October 30, 2009
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A sneeze in progress, showing the potential spread of influenza and other diseases.
 Source: Public Domain CDC |
A student using waterless hand sanitizer at Boston University during the swine flu pandemic, 2009
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A Thermographic Camera and screen used at the airport at Ioannina, Greece to screen out travelers with elevated temperatures, a sign of influenza infection. September 11, 2009
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An etching illustrating the 16th century "Sweating Sickness" from Britain
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Camp Funston flu ward during the 1918 pandemic, Camp Funston, Kansas
 Source: Public Domain- U.S. Army |
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CDC Poster recommending basic hygiene to stop the spread of the flu, 2009
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Center for Disease Control poster asking people to get vaccinated and protect themselves from the flu, April 2010
 Source: Public Domain CDC |
Chicago Public Health Poster outlining flu regulations during the 1918-1919 pandemic
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Chickens slaughtered as a way to help combat an outbreak of Avian Flu, 2008
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Individuals considered "high-risk" for H1N1 complications line up at a closed KMart for the first vaccinations publicly available in Boise, Idaho, 2009
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President Barack Obama receives an H1N1 vaccine during the 2009 H1N1 Pandemic, December 2009
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School Vaccinations
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Spanish Flu Victims being buried in North River, Labrador, Canada, 1918
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Street car conductor in Seattle not allowing passengers aboard without a mask, 1918
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The arrivals area at Singapore International Airport, using thermoscanning to look for travelers with a fever who may be infected with swine flu, June 2009
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The CDC's Terrence Tumpey working with reconstructed 1918 Pandemic Influenza Virus, 2005
 Source: Public Domain CDC |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Headquarters in DeKalb County, GA
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The Oakland Municipal Auditorium in use as a temporary hospital during the 1918 flu epidemic. Here, volunteer nurses from the American Red Cross are tending the sick
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Two American Red Cross Nurses demonstrate treatment practices during the influenza pandemic of 1918
 Source: Public Domain- Library of Congress |
U.S. President Gerald Ford getting vaccinated for Swine Flu in 1976
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Walter Reed Military Hospital, Washington D.C., where patients received care during the Spanish Flu, 1918-1919
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World Health Organization Poster from France describing basic hygiene techniques during the 2009 flu scare
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