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Influenza Pandemic of 1918

The front page of Ann Arbor’s Daily News Times on October 16, 1918, blasted readers with two headlines: the war abroad and the war at home. Allied forces were gaining ground in German-occupied Belgium. The end of World War I was near. The war at home was against a different kind of foe. An influenza outbreak, first identified in the spring of 1918, was sweeping across the nation. 

Ann Arbor Citizens & U-M Students In Line For Hong Kong Flu Vaccine, January 1969

Ann Arbor Citizens & U-M Students In Line For Hong Kong Flu Vaccine, January 1969 image
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1969
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Ann Arbor News, January 14, 1969
Caption:
University Health Service Nurse Mrs. Betty Wilson gives Timothy Wright, a U-M student from Waukegan, Ill., a shot of Hong Kong flu vaccine at a clinic for students, staff and faculty today at the Health Service Building. Next in line to receive Hong Kong flu vaccine shots (left to right) are Miss Irene Paluck, Mrs. Howard Schroeder and Mrs. Howard Zeck. Additional flu vaccine clinics will be held if there is sufficient demand.

Eight Deaths From 14 Cases of Pneumonia

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23
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December
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1918
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No School Officer's Meeting This Year

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18
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December
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1918
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Six Flu Cases

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5
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November
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1918
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Public Schools Open

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1
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November
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1918
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