united airlines has already done so. temporarily, taking two dozen of their aircraft out of service. and now, a team for the company that makes the engine will work with investigators to look into the flight s engine failure. and i want you to take a look at this. this terrifying video of the engine on fire. u.s. regulators are ramping up inspections of that pratt and whitney engine. officials say the early examination shows two fan blades were fractured and the remaining blades show damage. the flight landed back in denver with all 241 people on board, safe. but here s what happened to the debris. parts of that plane, falling outside a home in colorado. thankfully, fortunately, no one was hurt. meanwhile, the repercussions of this incident are being felt on the other side of the globe. japan is ordering all its domestic airlines to temporarily stop operating boeing 777s, equipped with that same type of engine. pete muntean is following the story of the united-airlines incide
Genetic analysis of lungs from people who died during the 1918 influenza pandemic reveal many similarities — and some surprising differences — between the two pandemics.
This report to the 2021 SEP summer school was delivered by Dr. Benjamin Mateus, who has led the coverage on the WSWS of the scientific and medical issues posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
100 year old pandemic, 100 year old advertisements.
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Just like we see today, even 100 years ago brands claimed their products prevented or cured the deadly influenza virus. There was a similar barrage of hygiene and immunity products that promised protection from the flu.
Over the last 12 months I ve taken to something called narrative prophylaxis - protecting oneself with stories. I ve been reading different kinds of books - old, new, fiction, non-fiction. I toggle between formats - paperback, kindle, audio books.
One of the books I finished reading recently (actually, listening to on Amazon s Audible) is a shocker titled The Great Influenza: The Story of the Deadliest Plague in History by John M. Barry. Written in 2004, it s a brilliant, detailed account of the 1918 flu pandemic, that overlapped with the 1st world war.