Unraveling the Spanish flu's secret: A cold email leads to century-old clues

Unraveling the Spanish flu's secret: A cold email leads to century-old clues

A shot-in-the-dark email leads to a century-old family treasure — and hope of cracking a deadly flu’s secret

By HELEN BRANSWELL

MAMTA POPAT FOR STAT

A university professor has some theories, and now has in his possession human tissue handed down through the generations to try to test them.

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