University of pittsburgh, one of the nations major health centers, in cooperation with the American Medical Society and United States Public Health Service Bring you the silent invaders, an uptotheminute report on asian influenza. How do you do . Im carl ives. Throughout history, mankind has wage many battles in order to protect his family or nation against misfortune, disaster, or even possible extinction. While sometimes these wars have been catastrophic, it was the catastrophe of 1918, when an influenza epidemic swept through our own nation as well as the entire world. Unlike the battles of nation against nation, or humanity against the forces of nature where man has often have the opportunity to prepare himself, the battle against disease throughout the centuries have found men in the unfortunate position of having to combat this enemy only after it had been infiltrated his community and infected much of the population. Recently, you have become aware of a pandemic, or worldwide ep