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The World’s Deadliest Pandemic: A Century Later

This year marks the 100th anniversary of the deadliest disease outbreak in human history: the global influenza pandemic of 1918. The pandemic is estimated to have infected a quarter of the world’s population and surpassed all of the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. A century later, it’s hardly an illness of the past. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there are tens of thousands of flu deaths in the United States annually. While we have a better understanding now of viruses, diagnostics, and treatments than in 1918, our globalized society is more interconnected than ever before, spreading our cultures – and our germs – worldwide. Join Nicole Bouvier, MD, an infectious disease specialist, and John Barry, author of The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, to discuss the lasting impact of the 1918 pandemic and its connections to the present day with historian of science Alan Kraut, PhD.

This program accompanies our exhibition Germ City: Microbes and the Metropolis (opens September 14, 2018). To view all of the programs in this series, click here.

Free Pop-Up Flu Shot Clinic:
To promote epidemic preparedness, Walgreens | Duane Reade has generously partnered with the New York Academy of Medicine and the Museum of the City of New York to offer a pop-up flu shot clinic prior to this panel discussion. Event registrants are welcome to come early with their insurance card to receive a flu shot from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. There may be a limited number of no-cost flu shot vouchers available for this event for people who are uninsured or underinsured.











When: Thu., Sep. 27, 2018 at 6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Where: Museum of the City of New York
1220 Fifth Ave.
212-534-1672
Price: General Admission $15; NYAM and MCNY Members $10
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This year marks the 100th anniversary of the deadliest disease outbreak in human history: the global influenza pandemic of 1918. The pandemic is estimated to have infected a quarter of the world’s population and surpassed all of the military deaths in World War I and World War II combined. A century later, it’s hardly an illness of the past. In fact, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that there are tens of thousands of flu deaths in the United States annually. While we have a better understanding now of viruses, diagnostics, and treatments than in 1918, our globalized society is more interconnected than ever before, spreading our cultures – and our germs – worldwide. Join Nicole Bouvier, MD, an infectious disease specialist, and John Barry, author of The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Pandemic in History, to discuss the lasting impact of the 1918 pandemic and its connections to the present day with historian of science Alan Kraut, PhD.

This program accompanies our exhibition Germ City: Microbes and the Metropolis (opens September 14, 2018). To view all of the programs in this series, click here.

Free Pop-Up Flu Shot Clinic:
To promote epidemic preparedness, Walgreens | Duane Reade has generously partnered with the New York Academy of Medicine and the Museum of the City of New York to offer a pop-up flu shot clinic prior to this panel discussion. Event registrants are welcome to come early with their insurance card to receive a flu shot from 5:00 pm to 6:30 pm. There may be a limited number of no-cost flu shot vouchers available for this event for people who are uninsured or underinsured.

Buy tickets/get more info now