Jul 10, 2018
The disease detectives investigate the theory that the Spanish flu originated in America and another theory that it came from China: in both cases the flu was first identified as ‘plague’.
Presented by Mark Honigsbaum @honigsbaum and Hannah Mawdsley @HannahMawdsley
With:
Dr. David Morens, CAPT, United States Public Health Service, Senior Advisor to the Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, National Institutes of Health, USA. www.demystifyingmedicine.od.nih.gov/dm17/m05d16/Biosketch-Morens-David.pdf
John Barry, Author of ‘The Great Influenza: the story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History’. www.johnmbarry.com
Professor John Oxford, Blizzard Institute, Queen Mary College, London. Scientific Director, Oxford Media Medicine www.oxfordmediamedicine.co
Professor Wendy Barclay, Action Medical Research Chair in Virology, Imperial College London. www.imperial.ac.uk/people/w.barclay/honours-and-memberships.html
Dr. Michael Worobey, Louise Foucar Marshall Science Research Professor, Department Head Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Arizona. www.eeb.arizona.edu/people/dr-michael-worobey-department-head
Glyn Prysor, Chief Historian at the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. @glynprysor
Find out more about Noyelles-sur-Mer cemetery: www.cwgc.org/find/find-cemeteries-and-memorials/68500/noyelles-sur-mer-chinese-cemetery
Mark Humphries, Associate Professor; Dunkley Chair in War and the Canadian Experience; Director, Laurier Centre for Military Strategic and Disarmament Studies (LCMSDS), Wilfrid Laurier University, Ontario, Canada. www.wlu.ca/academics/faculties/faculty-of-arts/faculty-profiles/mark-humphries/index.html
The series is produced by Melissa FitzGerald @Melissafitzg
Cover art by Patrick Blower. www.blowercartoons.com
Readings by: Will Huggins https://voiceovers.mandy.com/uk/voice-artist/profile/will-huggins-1
‘Going Viral’ is supported by Wellcome www.wellcome.ac.uk / @wellcometrust
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