New York’s health officers created an Emergency Advisory Committee for assistance with influenza crisis

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On Oct. 12, 1918, New York’s health officers created an Emergency Advisory Committee for assistance with the influenza crisis. The Committee included private and public hospitals, the Red Cross, the U.S. Public Health Service, and other avenues to help distribute resources in the city.

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Source: Influenza Encyclopedia, University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine
Credit: Courtesy University of Michigan Center for the History of Medicine.