The H7N9 strain has lead to the usual concerns about the virus causing a deadly influenza epidemic in China.

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Her husband died as a young man in the influenza epidemic of 1918.

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Setbacks on this scale have not been seen in the U.S. since the Spanish influenza epidemic of 1918, according to demographers.

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In foresight forums where we think about cause-and-effect in a structured way, I talk about 1918 influenza epidemic that killed 50 million people.

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It's soon advertised as a way to halt the Spanish-influenza epidemic.

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Influenza has reached epidemic proportions in the US, say health officials, but the outbreak may be showing signs of having peaked.

BBC: US flu cases over epidemic threshold

Amid unsettling headlines that influenza cases have reached epidemic proportions in the U.S., financial markets have held onto their health thus far in 2013.

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