Flu
A flock of gray cranes are seen in the Hula Valley in northern Israel, on Dec. 9, 2021. (Photo by Shang Hao/Xinhua via Getty Images)
December 30, 2021, 10:45 am
Scientists worry an avian flu killing cranes in Israel could spread to humans
The government is killing off thousands of chickens in an effort to stop the flu from spreading, and to reduce the chances of the flu jumping from birds to humans.
By Shira Hanau
The Jewish Criterion published this photograph of Esther Yochelson in her military uniform on Jan. 3, 1919, about six weeks after her death. The photograph also appears on a small porcelain portrait set into her grave marker at Elrod Cemetery. Photo courtesy of the Rauh Jewish History Program & Archives at the Heinz History Center
April 15, 2020, 3:46 pm
A casualty of the last pandemic
Pittsburgh nurse attended to soldiers-in-training during World War I
By Eric Lidji
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