PositiveScience News...Brown ... provides an in-depth look at what scientists now know about the 1918 strain, an H1N1 virus that originated in birds and spent time in an unknown mammalian host before infecting humans ... Brown also provides a fascinating look at the factors that make the more common seasonal flu so challenging to predict and prevent ... Brown delivers a clear and captivating overview ... [and] offer[s] an unsettling picture of the damage influenza inflicted on the world 100 years ago and the misery that this virus might yet bring again.