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Rob Bell and Tyya Strutt share their award-winning 2019 Defining Moments Canada project: “The 1918 Flu Pandemic: Changing the Future through History – The defining Moments” on May 11, 2019, at the Canada Science and Technology Museum. Photo by Sonia Mendes, Ingenium Canada.
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Young students bring forgotten stories of the Spanish flu back to life

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Michelle Campbell Mekarski, PhD
Canada Science and Technology Museum
Jul 5, 2019
Through her school’s award-winning history project on the Spanish Flu pandemic, 11-year-old Tyya Strutt learned a somber truth. “Most people who die in times of terrible events or peril are never remembered, especially if they are children,” says Strutt. “But this is not right."
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Museum holds vaccine linked to one of humanity’s deadliest plagues

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Sonia Mendes
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Aug 13, 2018
The Canada Science and Technology museum recently discovered an important piece of Canadian history in its archives — a small vial of the vaccine used to combat Spanish flu. Read the full article and watch a short video where curator David Pantalony speaks about the discovery.
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Scientists seek super-shot for flu 100 years after pandemic

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Feb 7, 2018
A century after the 1918 influenza that killed tens of millions as it swept the globe, scientists are rethinking how to guard against another super-flu epidemic. Dr. Anthony Fauci has designated a universal flu vaccine as a top priority for the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases – and he’s “cautiously optimistic” that it could be accomplished in the coming years.

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