Village Grave Led to Virus Breakthrough

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Mar 22, 2020   Featured, Health, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

  One-hundred-two years ago, a strain of influenza virus spread across the globe, eventually reaching Brevig Mission in Alaska. Five days after the flu hit the Seward Peninsula, 72 of the 80 villagers in Brevig Mission were dead. Through a series of events suited to a detective novel, researchers made a connection between Brevig Mission […]