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How World War II spurred vaccine innovation
As the Second World War raged in Europe, the U.S. military recognized that infectious disease was as formidable an enemy as any other they would meet on the battlefield. So they forged a new partnership with industry and academia to develop vaccines for the troops.
By Kendall Hoyt, Dartmouth College
How historical disease detectives are solving the mysteries of the World War I flu epidemic
The centennial of the 1918 pandemic is a good time to take stock of how far the world has come since this historic health disaster – and to face the sobering fact that several key mysteries have yet to be resolved.
By Gerardo Chowell, Georgia State University; Cecile Viboud, National Institutes of Health, and Lone Simonsen, Roskilde University
Military project aims to combat disease outbreaks, protect warfighters
When warfighters are downrange, they often come into contact with diseases at ground zero of an outbreak.
By Kyle Rempfer