What disease was responsible for the most deadly epidemic in the U.S. History?

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Flu There is a book called Influenza 1918 which provides a striking account of one of the worst seasons of death in American history, exploring the actions of public officials, a panicked public, and those 675,000 who died. Influenza 1918 is more than just a historical {narrative;} it examines the medical community's response and the elements which made the flu so deadly on so many levels. Nov 13 01, 12:33 PM

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There's also a book by Gina Kolata called 'Flu: the story of the great influenza pandemic of 1918 and the search for the virus that caused it' that I thought was really good, too. Among other things it tells the story of the scientists attempting to sequence the virus by recovering genes from early victims. Nov 13 01, 6:33 PM