Robert Bud

Child gargling broth in a Japanese hospital during the Asian flu pandemic, 9 August 1957. Otis Historical Archives National Museum of Health and Medicine (CC BY 2.0).

Germ Warfare: The 1957 Asian Flu Epidemic

The Asian influenza epidemic of 1957 killed more than 16,000 people in Britain and more than a million globally. It exposed the fragility of the antibiotic age.

Locating the Victorians

Robert Bud looks at the background to the major conference and displays at the Science Museum.