The 1918 pandemic mistake that changed medicine forever - National Geographic

A misunderstanding about the microbe that actually causes the flu created a ripple effect that changed the future of U.S. drug development, clinical trials, and pandemic preparedness.

In 1892 a prominent German bacteriologist named Richard Pfeiffer made a mistakeone that would have an enormous impact on the pandemic of 1918 and the next century of medicine. In the late 19th centu… [+13314 chars]

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