Mon, Apr 28
|Washington
Profs & Pints DC: A Bird's-Eye View of the Flu
“A Bird’s-Eye View of the Flu,” on the centuries-long struggle to contain the influenza virus and why it keeps roaring back, with Alexandra M. Lord, a curator and the chair of the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History.
Time & Location
Apr 28, 2025, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM
Washington, 801 E St NW, Washington, DC 20004, USA
About the event
Profs and Pints DC presents: “A Bird’s-Eye View of the Flu,” on the centuries-long struggle to contain the influenza virus and why it keeps roaring back, with Alexandra M. Lord, a curator and the chair of the Division of Medicine and Science at the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of American History.
Even if you did not catch the flu this winter, you almost certainly have felt the effects of bird flu on your wallet if you shop for eggs.
What you might not have realized at the time is that birds, eggs, and influenza are linked together in many other ways having nothing to do with grocery prices.
Learn about the long history of influenza pandemics and the fascinating connections between birds, eggs, influenza, and flu vaccines from Alexandra M. Lord, who in addition to her work at the Smithsonian is a former historian for the United States Public Health…